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Removal Of Growth Under The Skin, Back Or Flank

Iowa rates for HCPCS 21930

This procedure removes a soft-tissue growth located just beneath the skin of the back or flank, without going into deeper muscle. It is used for the smaller version of this type of growth removal, as opposed to a larger growth handled with a more involved approach. The tissue is typically sent to a lab afterward to check whether it is benign or cancerous.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of Growth Under The Skin, Back Or Flank cost?

$646

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $646 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $589 from a physician practice, and about $2,138 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$589$447 to $1,148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,138$813 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $575 to $6,457Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $363 to $2,291
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,138professional $589

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
$575.44
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,479.11
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,754.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,318.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,202.26
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Hawaii than in Rhode Island. 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.

Iowa· 12th of 51

$646

HI $1,622RI $468

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.