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Wide Removal of Neck or Chest Wall Tumor

Maryland rates for HCPCS 21558

Removes a soft-tissue tumor from the neck or the front of the chest wall together with a surrounding cuff of healthy tissue, so nothing is left at the cut edges. Muscle and other nearby structures may have to come out with it. This is the aggressive removal used when a growth is, or may be, a sarcoma — not a simple shelling-out of a lump.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Wide Removal of Neck or Chest Wall Tumor cost?

$2,698

Typical total for the visit. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,698 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,349 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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$1,349$1,288 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$1,122 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $692 to $2,570Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $1,995
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,349professional $1,349

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$977.24
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,884.03
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Alabama than in Maryland. 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

Maryland· 51st of 51

$2,698

$1,349 physician + $1,349 facility

AL $9,171MD $2,698

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.