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Removal of a Soft Tissue Growth on the Back

Arizona 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?

$4,521

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,521 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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$631$468 to $1,622
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$2,630 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $7,413Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $427 to $2,089
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,890professional $631

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
$2,089.30
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,187.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$933.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$380.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$870.96

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 24th of 50

$4,521

$631 physician + $3,890 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.