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Removal of a Soft Tissue Growth on the Back

Maryland 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?

$3,193

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,193 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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$562$468 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$646 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $468 to $5,495Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,622
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,630professional $562

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
$467.74
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,905.46
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,071.52
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,023.29
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$724.44

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 40th of 50

$3,193

$562 physician + $2,630 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.