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Removal of a Soft Tissue Growth on the Back

Indiana 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?

$7,286

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,286 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,761 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$525$437 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,761$4,266 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $741 to $12,303Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,096
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,761professional $525

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
$575.44
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,380.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$676.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$10,471.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$851.14
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,122.02
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
$416.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$912.01

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 3rd of 50

$7,286

$525 physician + $6,761 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.