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Removal of a Soft Tissue Growth on the Back

Montana 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?

$1,505

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,505 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $813 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$692$447 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$813$813 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $661 to $5,248Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,905
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $813professional $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
$4,265.80
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$794.33
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$977.24
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$977.24
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,047.13
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$891.25

Where Montana 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

Montana· 49th of 50

$1,505

$692 physician + $813 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.