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Removal of a Soft Tissue Growth on the Back

Kansas 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?

$4,323

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,323 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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$692$479 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$2,042 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $692 to $7,943Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $437 to $832
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $692

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
$1,000.00
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$851.14
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$954.99
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$3,548.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$812.83

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 26th of 50

$4,323

$692 physician + $3,631 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.