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Removal of a Soft Tissue Growth on the Back

Minnesota 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?

$3,583

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,583 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 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$1,072$724 to $1,514
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,288 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $692 to $6,026Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,820
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $1,072

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
$416.87
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$3,388.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,120.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,041.74
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,548.13
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 34th of 50

$3,583

$1,072 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.