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Deep Neck Or Chest Wall Soft Tissue Tumor Removal

Massachusetts 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?

$3,567

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,567 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$813$562 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$1,778 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $676 to $5,623Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,698
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,754professional $813

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
$1,412.54
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,778.28
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$28,840.32
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$3,801.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,479.11
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,467.37
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$954.99
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,370.32
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$28,840.32
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 33rd of 50

$3,567

$813 physician + $2,754 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.