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Removal of a Soft Tissue Growth on the Back

Florida 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?

$6,563

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,563 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$537$437 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$3,020 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $11,220Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,288
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $6,026professional $537

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
$1,047.13
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,318.26
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$977.24
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$11,220.18
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,023.29
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,772.37
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$562.34
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,000.00
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$501.19

Where Florida 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

Florida· 7th of 50

$6,563

$537 physician + $6,026 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.