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Removal of a Soft Tissue Growth on the Back

Missouri 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?

$4,240

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,240 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,548 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$692$501 to $1,698
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,548$1,950 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $646 to $7,762Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $447 to $2,239
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,548professional $692

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
$524.81
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,344.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$691.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$912.01

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 27th of 50

$4,240

$692 physician + $3,548 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.