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Deep Neck Or Chest Wall Soft Tissue Tumor Removal

West 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?

$1,050

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,050 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $525 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$525$479 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$525$525 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $525 to $2,188Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $447 to $661
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $525professional $525

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
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,187.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$588.84
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$676.08
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,344.23
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$22,908.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$776.25

Where West 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

West Virginia· 50th of 50

$1,050

$525 physician + $525 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.