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Removal of a Soft Tissue Growth on the Back

Oregon 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?

$1,783

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,783 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $912 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$871$575 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$912$891 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $646 to $11,482Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,950
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $912professional $871

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
$1,122.02
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$15,135.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,288.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,122.02
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,258.93
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$933.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,148.15
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$6,918.31
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 48th of 50

$1,783

$871 physician + $912 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.