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Removal of a Soft Tissue Growth on the Back

Nebraska 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?

$7,348

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,348 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,457 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$891$676 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,457$4,365 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $912 to $13,490Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $427 to $2,042
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,457professional $891

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
$933.25
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,041.74
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$11,748.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$4,265.80
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
$489.78
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$3,467.37
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,445.44
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 2nd of 50

$7,348

$891 physician + $6,457 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.