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Unlisted Neck Or Chest Wall Operation

Pennsylvania rates for HCPCS 21899

Covers an operation on the neck or the chest wall for which there is no standard named service. The surgeon submits a written report describing exactly what was carried out, and the insurer prices it against comparable named operations. It is used only when no named procedure fits the work performed.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Unlisted Neck Or Chest Wall Operation cost?

$617

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $617 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $58,884 from a physician practice, and about $501 from a hospital or other facility.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$58,884$58,884 to $58,884
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$141 to $1,047

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $79 to $4,898Professionalmedian $58,884 · 10th to 90th $50,119 to $58,884
$100$1K$10Kfacility $501professional $58,884

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
$724.44
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$7,244.36
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58,884.37
Median
$58,884.37
Typical High
$58,884.37
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$41,686.94
Median
$43,651.58
Typical High
$43,651.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,290.87
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$24,547.09
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,709.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$7,244.36
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 51.3 times more in Oklahoma than in Montana. 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.

Pennsylvania· 23rd of 51

$617

OK $4,074MT $79.43

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.