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Deep Neck Or Chest Wall Soft Tissue Tumor Removal

Maryland 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?

$1,291

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,291 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $741 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$550$525 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$741$525 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $288 to $5,012Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,072
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $741professional $550

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
$288.40
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,071.52
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,148.15
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,096.48
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$794.33

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 49th of 50

$1,291

$550 physician + $741 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.