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Removal of a Chest Wall Tumor With Ribs

Tennessee 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 July 2026.

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

$6,360

Typical total for the visit. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,360 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,995 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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$1,995$1,622 to $2,570
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$2,630 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $3,236
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $1,995

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,715.35
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$26,302.68
Typical High
$26,302.68
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,748.98
Median
$14,454.40
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,630.78

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 8.3 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. 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

Tennessee· 33rd of 50

$6,360

$1,995 physician + $4,365 facility

IN $22,591MD $2,738

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.