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Removal of a Soft Tissue Growth on the Back

Mississippi 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?

$3,435

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,435 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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$617$437 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,096 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $631 to $6,457Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,023
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,818professional $617

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
$426.58
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,023.29
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$954.99
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 36th of 50

$3,435

$617 physician + $2,818 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.