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Removal of a Soft Tissue Growth on the Back

South Dakota 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?

$1,867

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,867 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $933 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$933$457 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$933$661 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $537 to $4,365Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,820
$500$1K$2Kfacility $933professional $933

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,819.70
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,467.37
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,023.29
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$933.25
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,288.25
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 47th of 50

$1,867

$933 physician + $933 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.