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Chest Wall Tumor Removal With Rebuilding

Alabama rates for HCPCS 21602

Removes a growth from the chest wall along with the affected ribs and surrounding tissue, then rebuilds the gap so the chest keeps its shape and continues to protect the lungs. The repair uses mesh, muscle, or other tissue to restore a firm, sealed wall. It is done for tumors that involve the ribs or the tissue between them.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Chest Wall Tumor Removal With Rebuilding cost?

$9,448

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,448 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,862 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,586 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,862$1,622 to $2,455
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,586$3,802 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $7,586Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $2,455
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,586professional $1,862

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
$891.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$7,585.78
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,691.53

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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

Alabama· 8th of 51

$9,448

$1,862 physician + $7,586 facility

AK $16,166KY $3,200

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.