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Deep Neck Or Chest Wall Soft Tissue Tumor Removal

Nebraska 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?

$5,989

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,989 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 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$977$724 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$3,631 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $891 to $13,490Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $490 to $2,188
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,012professional $977

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
$2,344.23
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$12,589.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$6,760.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,890.45
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,659.59
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 11th of 50

$5,989

$977 physician + $5,012 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.