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Deep Neck Or Chest Wall Soft Tissue Tumor Removal

North Dakota 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?

$1,552

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,552 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $891 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$525 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$891$525 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $525 to $8,511Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,380
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $891professional $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
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$3,311.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 47th of 50

$1,552

$661 physician + $891 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.