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Removal of a Soft Tissue Growth on the Back

Arkansas 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?

$2,211

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,211 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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$513$468 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$1,230 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $871 to $4,365Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $427 to $759
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $513

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
$812.83
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$741.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$812.83
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$870.96

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 46th of 50

$2,211

$513 physician + $1,698 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.