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Removal of a Soft Tissue Growth on the Back

Louisiana 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?

$3,101

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,101 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$589$457 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,318 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $759 to $5,623Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $427 to $955
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $589

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
$741.31
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$954.99
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,585.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$758.58
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$891.25

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 41st of 50

$3,101

$589 physician + $2,512 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.