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Removal of a Soft Tissue Growth on the Back

Alabama 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?

$2,877

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,877 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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$479$407 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,230 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $759 to $4,898Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $398 to $912
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $479

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
$707.95
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$912.01
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$812.83

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 43rd of 50

$2,877

$479 physician + $2,399 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.