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Removal of a Soft Tissue Growth on the Back

Delaware 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?

$3,419

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,419 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$468$437 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$468 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $468 to $9,120Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,122
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $468

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
$467.74
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$870.96
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$831.76

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 37th of 50

$3,419

$468 physician + $2,951 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.