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Removal Of A Soft-Tissue Growth, Upper Arm Or Elbow

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 24079

Takes out a growth from the soft tissue of the upper arm or elbow area, meaning the muscle, fat and connective tissue rather than the bone. The surgeon opens the skin over the growth and removes it, then closes the wound.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Soft-Tissue Growth, Upper Arm Or Elbow cost?

$3,236

Typical facility fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,236 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,089 to $4,365.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $5,623
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236

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
$1,778.28
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,128.61
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,128.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,168.69
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,549.93

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 8.3 times more in Indiana 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.

Massachusetts· 28th of 50

$3,236

IN $10,715ND $1,288

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.