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Removal Of Growth Under The Skin, Abdominal Wall

Maine 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?

$2,301

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,301 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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$603$550 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$692 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $550 to $3,311Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $437 to $851
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $603

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$691.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$851.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$134.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$977.24
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,311.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$851.14
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$870.96
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
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05

Where Maine 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

Maine· 39th of 51

$2,301

$603 physician + $1,698 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.