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Removal of a Soft Tissue Growth on the Back

Idaho 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?

$3,693

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,693 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$741$490 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$1,622 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $692 to $6,457Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,995
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $741

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
$2,187.76
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$812.83
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,174.90
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,122.02
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,248.07
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,000.00
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$977.24

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 31st of 50

$3,693

$741 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.