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Deep Neck Or Chest Wall Soft Tissue Tumor Removal

Virginia 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?

$2,784

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,784 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,138 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$646$550 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,138$676 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $525 to $8,318Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,950
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,138professional $646

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
$676.08
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$3,235.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$7,413.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,318.26
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,148.15
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$707.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$7,413.10
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 41st of 50

$2,784

$646 physician + $2,138 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.