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Removal of a Soft Tissue Growth on the Back

Maine 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?

$6,212

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,212 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,623 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$468 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,623$2,291 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $589 to $8,128Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,175
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $5,623professional $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
$588.84
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,148.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,047.13
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,258.93
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$8,128.31
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Maine 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

Maine· 10th of 50

$6,212

$589 physician + $5,623 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.