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Removal of Soft Tissue Tumor, Upper Arm/Elbow, Smaller

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 24075

This surgery removes a tumor from the soft tissue of the upper arm or elbow area, for a smaller-sized growth compared to the larger version of this same procedure. The tumor is cut out along with a margin of surrounding tissue as needed to fully remove it.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal of Soft Tissue Tumor, Upper Arm/Elbow, Smaller cost?

$1,447

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,447 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,000 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$447$309 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,000$776 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,918Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $126 to $724
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,000professional $447

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
$380.19
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$691.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$6,760.83
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$831.76
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$707.95
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$741.31
8 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
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$426.58
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$467.74

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in Colorado than in Maryland. 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

South Carolina· 41st of 51

$1,447

$447 physician + $1,000 facility

CO $4,902MD $1,113

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.