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Deep Neck Or Chest Wall Soft Tissue Tumor Removal

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 21556

This procedure surgically removes a soft-tissue tumor located in the neck or upper chest wall from underneath the muscle layer, rather than just beneath the skin. The surgeon removes the growth along with a margin of surrounding tissue. This deeper, sub-muscular approach is more involved than removing a similar growth that sits closer to the skin surface.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Deep Neck Or Chest Wall Soft Tissue Tumor Removal cost?

$3,060

Typical total for the visit. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,060 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$661$513 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,096 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $661 to $5,370Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,023
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $661

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,309.57
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$851.14
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$977.24

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 9.2 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Louisiana· 38th of 50

$3,060

$661 physician + $2,399 facility

IN $9,657WV $1,050

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.