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Removal of a Soft Tissue Growth on the Back

Virginia 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?

$4,598

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,598 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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$617$490 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$776 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $525 to $8,913Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,445
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $617

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
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,570.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,174.90
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,023.29
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$660.69
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$891.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$7,413.10
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$954.99

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 21st of 50

$4,598

$617 physician + $3,981 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.