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Deep Neck Or Chest Wall Soft Tissue Tumor Removal

Vermont 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?

$617

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $617 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $617 to $631.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $525 to $794
$200$500$1K$2Kprofessional $617

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,071.52
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in California 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.

Vermont· 44th of 51

$617

CA $1,995WV $525

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.