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Removal of a Soft Tissue Growth on the Back

New Mexico 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?

$5,587

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,587 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 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$575$437 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$832 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $617 to $12,023Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,905
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $5,012professional $575

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
$616.60
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$6,165.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,041.74
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,125.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,584.89
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$691.83
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$977.24
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$933.25

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 15th of 50

$5,587

$575 physician + $5,012 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.