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Removal of a Soft Tissue Growth on the Back

Michigan 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?

$4,676

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,676 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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$603$457 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$3,388 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $661 to $7,413Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,047
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $603

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
$660.69
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$954.99
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,202.26
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$776.25

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 20th of 50

$4,676

$603 physician + $4,074 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.