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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons

Removal of deep soft tissue tumor in neck or chest, 5 cm+

CPT 21554the billing code this page is about

Surgical removal of a soft tissue growth lying beneath the covering of the muscle (or within the muscle) in the neck or front of the chest, measuring 5 cm or larger.

Hospitals typically charge $2,785 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 917 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,016. Most fall between $1,226 and $5,842 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
917
States
49
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 917 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$845$1,379$2,785$5,320$8,910

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($845 vs $8,910).

How the prices are spread

$701 – $934: 72 hospitals$701$934 – $1,243: 71 hospitals$1,243 – $1,655: 109 hospitals$1,243$1,655 – $2,204: 100 hospitals$2,204 – $2,934: 84 hospitals$2,204$2,934 – $3,906: 110 hospitals$3,906 – $5,200: 90 hospitals$3,906$5,200 – $6,923: 111 hospitals$6,923 – $9,216: 37 hospitals$6,923$9,216 – $12,270: 44 hospitals$9,216median $2,785price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (828 of 917 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$701$93472
$934$1,24371
$1,243$1,655109
$1,655$2,204100
$2,204$2,93484
$2,934$3,906110
$3,906$5,20090
$5,200$6,923111
$6,923$9,21637
$9,216$12,27044

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,968
Median cash price$2,785
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.94×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,785.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: median $1,136 across 10 hospitalsVT$1,136New Hampshire: median $1,273 across 10 hospitalsNH$1,273Washington: median $1,978 across 23 hospitalsWA$1,978Idaho: median $3,573 across 16 hospitalsID$3,573Montana: median $1,079 across 12 hospitalsMT$1,079North Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,311 across 39 hospitalsMN$2,311Illinois: median $1,901 across 39 hospitalsIL$1,901Wisconsin: median $3,806 across 39 hospitalsWI$3,806Michigan: median $1,766 across 41 hospitalsMI$1,766New York: median $3,387 across 67 hospitalsNY$3,387Massachusetts: median $4,380 across 19 hospitalsMA$4,380Oregon: median $1,753 across 17 hospitalsOR$1,753Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,794 across 42 hospitalsIA$1,794Indiana: median $841 across 18 hospitalsIN$841Ohio: median $3,294 across 39 hospitalsOH$3,294Pennsylvania: median $2,500 across 34 hospitalsPA$2,500New Jersey: median $3,819 across 35 hospitalsNJ$3,819Connecticut: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $5,320 across 64 hospitalsCA$5,320Utah: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $1,667 across 17 hospitalsNE$1,667Missouri: median $1,448 across 24 hospitalsMO$1,448Kentucky: median $946 across 12 hospitalsKY$946West Virginia: median $2,021 across 20 hospitalsWV$2,021Virginia: median $1,689 across 16 hospitalsVA$1,689Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $7,145 across 10 hospitalsAZ$7,145New Mexico: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,290 across 17 hospitalsKS$1,290Arkansas: median $2,378 across 13 hospitalsAR$2,378Tennessee: median $1,320 across 13 hospitalsTN$1,320North Carolina: median $2,102 across 15 hospitalsNC$2,102South Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,002 across 14 hospitalsOK$1,002Louisiana: median $3,391 across 18 hospitalsLA$3,391Mississippi: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $3,531 across 10 hospitalsAL$3,531Georgia: median $11,629 across 14 hospitalsGA$11,629Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,842 across 37 hospitalsTX$5,842Florida: median $5,748 across 23 hospitalsFL$5,748
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,785. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA14$11,629+318%$2,899 – $16,385
Arizona AZ10$7,145+157%$796 – $12,104
Texas TX37$5,842+110%$2,425 – $6,244
Florida FL23$5,748+106%$4,983 – $8,492
California CA64$5,320+91%$1,953 – $9,626
Massachusetts MA19$4,380+57%$2,305 – $5,618
New Jersey NJ35$3,819+37%$3,168 – $5,741
Wisconsin WI39$3,806+37%$2,387 – $6,255
Idaho ID16$3,573+28%$1,464 – $7,765
Alabama AL10$3,531+27%$2,059 – $10,891
Louisiana LA18$3,391+22%$1,237 – $5,657
New York NY67$3,387+22%$1,185 – $4,595
Ohio OH39$3,294+18%$1,219 – $5,637
Pennsylvania PA34$2,500−10%$475 – $5,854
Arkansas AR13$2,378−15%$1,267 – $5,709
Minnesota MN39$2,311−17%$1,452 – $3,132
North Carolina NC15$2,102−25%$1,367 – $5,422
West Virginia WV20$2,021−27%$784 – $5,662
Washington WA23$1,978−29%$1,503 – $5,303
Illinois IL39$1,901−32%$1,277 – $4,044
Iowa IA42$1,794−36%$1,294 – $2,099
Michigan MI41$1,766−37%$845 – $3,994
Oregon OR17$1,753−37%$1,351 – $2,435
Virginia VA16$1,689−39%$1,407 – $12,423
Nebraska NE17$1,667−40%$1,431 – $1,906
Missouri MO24$1,448−48%$1,043 – $6,470
Tennessee TN13$1,320−53%$709 – $4,627
Kansas KS17$1,290−54%$1,043 – $2,227
New Hampshire NH10$1,273−54%$701 – $2,574
Vermont VT10$1,136−59%$917 – $1,746
Montana MT12$1,079−61%$806 – $1,558
Oklahoma OK14$1,002−64%$1,002 – $5,835
Kentucky KY12$946−66%$779 – $3,439
Indiana IN18$841−70%$782 – $3,058
Colorado CO9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $2,785.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care661$3,387$1,267 – $6,277
Children’s13fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access242$1,756$1,134 – $3,518
Ownership
For-profit98$4,486$1,649 – $9,142
Government167$1,978$1,255 – $4,627
Non-profit651$2,880$1,185 – $5,842
System affiliation
Part of a system692$3,168$1,246 – $6,244
Independent225$2,041$1,208 – $4,191

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,268
Median cash price$2,785
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

478 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,059 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,545; most fall between $1,002 and $5,320.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 478 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$732$1,185$2,059$5,054$7,508

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($732 vs $7,508).

Of the 526 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 478 gave a usable cash price; 21 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 27 a list price only.

How complete is this

917 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (23%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,008 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted917
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here55
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded6
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded30
Hospitals that filed this code1,008

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Exc Tumor Soft Tissue Neck/Thorax Subfasc 5 Cm/>.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Removal of deep soft tissue tumor in neck or chest, 5 cm+ (CPT 21554) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-21554-removal-of-deep-soft-tissue-tumor-in-neck-or-chest-5-cm