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Removal of a Soft Tissue Growth on the Back

Alaska rates for HCPCS 21931

This procedure removes a lump of soft tissue located just beneath the skin of the back or flank. The surgeon cuts out the growth along with a margin of surrounding tissue, and the specimen is typically sent to a lab for evaluation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal of a Soft Tissue Growth on the Back cost?

$3,608

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,608 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$1,096$437 to $1,905
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$955 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $550 to $14,125Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $437 to $2,455
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,512professional $1,096

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
$2,290.87
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$20,417.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,548.82
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,162.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,630.27
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,691.53
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,162.28
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,511.89

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.6 times more in Connecticut than in North Dakota. 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

Alaska· 32nd of 50

$3,608

$1,096 physician + $2,512 facility

CT $7,695ND $1,369

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.