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Removal of a Chest Wall Tumor With Ribs

Oregon 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?

$6,624

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,624 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,236 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,236$2,399 to $3,548
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$2,754 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $12,023Professionalmedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $4,571
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $3,236

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
$5,128.61
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$24,547.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$12,022.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,570.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,466.84
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$24,547.09
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,981.07
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,388.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$11,481.54
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,897.79
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$29,512.09
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,248.07

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 32nd of 51

$6,624

$3,236 physician + $3,388 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.