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Removal of a Chest Wall Tumor With Ribs

Missouri rates for HCPCS 21603

Removal of a tumor from the chest wall along with the ribs it involves, carried out through an incision in the chest wall. Taking out ribs leaves a gap that has to be dealt with so the chest wall stays stable and keeps protecting the lungs and heart beneath. It is a major operation needing a hospital stay and a period of recovery.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal of a Chest Wall Tumor With Ribs cost?

$5,886

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,886 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,995 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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$1,995$1,738 to $2,512
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$2,089 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $8,913Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $4,169
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $1,995

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
$2,089.30
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,041.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,818.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,778.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$457.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,715.35
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$12,882.50
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,388.44

Where Missouri sits

The same service costs 4.7 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

Missouri· 37th of 51

$5,886

$1,995 physician + $3,890 facility

AK $16,761KY $3,555

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.