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Deep Neck Or Chest Wall Soft Tissue Tumor Removal

New Jersey 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?

$6,438

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,438 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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$490 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$4,467 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $10,233Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $437 to $2,884
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,888professional $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
$912.01
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$5,248.07
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,698.24
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$851.14
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$15,135.61
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 6th of 50

$6,438

$550 physician + $5,888 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.