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Removal of a Soft Tissue Growth on the Back

Oklahoma 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?

$4,575

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,575 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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$501$447 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$1,549 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $955 to $8,913Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $407 to $708
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $501

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
$660.69
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$660.69
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$9,332.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$5,495.41
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
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$724.44

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 23rd of 50

$4,575

$501 physician + $4,074 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.