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Removal of a Soft Tissue Growth on the Back

New Jersey 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?

$7,132

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,132 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,607 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$525$457 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,607$5,129 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,607 · 10th to 90th $2,818 to $10,471Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $417 to $2,399
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,607professional $525

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
$2,818.38
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,511.89
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,513.56
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$794.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$8,317.64
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 4th of 50

$7,132

$525 physician + $6,607 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.