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Deep Neck Or Chest Wall Soft Tissue Tumor Removal

Montana 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?

$1,543

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,543 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $912 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$631$468 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$912$891 to $933

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $692 to $7,762Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,549
$200$1K$5K$20K$100Kfacility $912professional $631

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$891.25
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,047.13
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Montana 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

Montana· 48th of 50

$1,543

$631 physician + $912 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.