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Removal of a Soft Tissue Growth on the Back

Tennessee 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?

$3,479

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,479 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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$661$479 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$2,089 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $813 to $6,457Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,995
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $661

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
$707.95
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,949.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,023.29
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$977.24

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 35th of 50

$3,479

$661 physician + $2,818 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.