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Removal of a Soft Tissue Growth on the Back

Iowa 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?

$4,813

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,813 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$832$550 to $1,950
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$1,950 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $891 to $8,913Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $437 to $2,344
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $832

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
$933.25
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,318.26
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$5,370.32
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,513.56
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,288.25
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 19th of 50

$4,813

$832 physician + $3,981 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.