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Removal of a Soft Tissue Growth on the Back

Wyoming 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?

$3,585

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,585 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$955$479 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,380 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $10,471Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,820
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $955

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
$4,570.88
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Wyoming 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

Wyoming· 33rd of 50

$3,585

$955 physician + $2,630 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.