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Removal of a Soft Tissue Growth on the Back

Connecticut 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?

$7,695

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,695 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 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$776$490 to $1,622
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$4,898 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $3,890 to $10,471Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $427 to $2,089
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,918professional $776

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
$3,890.45
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,238.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$12,022.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,258.93
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$954.99
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,165.95
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 1st of 50

$7,695

$776 physician + $6,918 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.