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Removal of a Soft Tissue Growth on the Back

West 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?

$6,400

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,400 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,623 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$776$525 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,623$5,248 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $2,951 to $8,128Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,047
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $5,623professional $776

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
$5,011.87
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$616.60
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,290.87
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$776.25

Where West 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

West Virginia· 8th of 50

$6,400

$776 physician + $5,623 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.