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Removal of a Chest Wall Tumor With Ribs

Mississippi 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?

$5,942

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,942 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,630 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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$2,630$1,660 to $2,951
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$1,738 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $891 to $10,471Professionalmedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $3,631
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,311professional $2,630

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
$776.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,951.21
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$4,168.69

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 35th of 51

$5,942

$2,630 physician + $3,311 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.