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Removal of Deep Branchial Cleft Cyst

West Virginia rates for HCPCS 42815

Removes a branchial cleft cyst or leftover tract from the side of the neck, a pocket or channel of tissue left over from the way the neck forms before birth. This version covers growths that reach below the skin and the fatty layer beneath it, sometimes tracking deep in the neck as far as the throat. It is done through an incision, under general anesthesia.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal of Deep Branchial Cleft Cyst cost?

$3,247

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,247 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$617$501 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,698 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $851 to $16,596Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,259
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $617

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
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$645.65
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$3,235.94
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17,378.01
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$17,378.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$912.01
6 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
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54

Where West Virginia sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in Colorado 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

West Virginia· 43rd of 51

$3,247

$617 physician + $2,630 facility

CO $9,253MT $1,683

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.