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Removal of a Chest Wall Tumor With Ribs

Nebraska 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?

$10,549

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,549 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,631 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 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$3,631$2,754 to $3,981
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$3,090 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $13,183Professionalmedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $5,370
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,918professional $3,631

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
$4,677.35
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$25,118.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$8,709.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,128.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$12,022.64
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,011.87
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$12,022.64
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,786.30

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 7th of 51

$10,549

$3,631 physician + $6,918 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.