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Removal of a Soft Tissue Growth on the Back

North Carolina 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?

$4,209

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,209 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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$741$479 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,349 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $479 to $7,762Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,738
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $741

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
$478.63
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,905.46
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,288.25
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
$489.78
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$977.24
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,073.80

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 28th of 50

$4,209

$741 physician + $3,467 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.