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Removal of a Soft Tissue Growth on the Back

Massachusetts 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?

$3,832

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,832 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$741$525 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$2,089 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $562 to $5,248Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,778
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $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
$891.25
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,995.26
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,623.41
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,348.96
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$851.14
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,165.95
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$977.24
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,623.41
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 30th of 50

$3,832

$741 physician + $3,090 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.