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Removal Of Growth Under The Skin, Abdominal Wall

Maryland rates for HCPCS 22903

This procedure removes a soft-tissue growth located just beneath the skin of the abdominal wall, without going into deeper muscle or connective tissue. It is used for the larger version of this type of growth removal, as opposed to a smaller one handled with a simpler approach. The tissue is typically examined afterward to confirm whether it is benign or cancerous.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of Growth Under The Skin, Abdominal Wall cost?

$1,828

Typical total for the visit. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,828 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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$479$447 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$1,096 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $692 to $2,570Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $427 to $912
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,349professional $479

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$912.01
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,174.90
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,148.15
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$691.83
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 4.9 times more in Wisconsin than in Montana. 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

Maryland· 48th of 51

$1,828

$479 physician + $1,349 facility

WI $7,069MT $1,449

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.