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Deep Neck Or Chest Wall Soft Tissue Tumor Removal

South 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?

$6,119

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,119 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$871$525 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$2,692 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $794 to $5,248Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,445
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $5,248professional $871

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
$4,365.16
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,890.45
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,148.15
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,445.44
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where South 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

South Dakota· 8th of 50

$6,119

$871 physician + $5,248 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.