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Removal of a Soft Tissue Growth on the Back

Illinois 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?

$4,130

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,130 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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$741$490 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$1,318 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $661 to $9,550Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $437 to $2,042
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $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
$588.84
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,344.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$10,715.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,000.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,041.74
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$676.08
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 29th of 50

$4,130

$741 physician + $3,388 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.