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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons

Wide removal of soft tissue tumor in neck or chest, <5 cm

CPT 21557the billing code this page is about

Extensive removal of a soft tissue tumor of the neck or front of the chest, taking a margin of surrounding healthy tissue, for a tumor smaller than 5 cm.

Hospitals typically charge $2,695 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 364 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,695. Most fall between $1,326 and $4,627 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
364
States
46
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 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 364 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
$965$1,396$2,695$3,835$7,765

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($965 vs $7,765).

How the prices are spread

$802 – $1,017: 38 hospitals$802$1,017 – $1,289: 13 hospitals$1,289 – $1,634: 33 hospitals$1,289$1,634 – $2,071: 33 hospitals$2,071 – $2,625: 41 hospitals$2,071$2,625 – $3,328: 59 hospitals$3,328 – $4,219: 50 hospitals$3,328$4,219 – $5,349: 25 hospitals$5,349 – $6,781: 11 hospitals$5,349$6,781 – $8,596: 33 hospitals$6,781median $2,695price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (336 of 364 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$802$1,01738
$1,017$1,28913
$1,289$1,63433
$1,634$2,07133
$2,071$2,62541
$2,625$3,32859
$3,328$4,21950
$4,219$5,34925
$5,349$6,78111
$6,781$8,59633

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,968
Median cash price$2,695
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.91×

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 $2,695.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,748 across 15 hospitalsIL$1,748Wisconsin: median $2,601 across 19 hospitalsWI$2,601Michigan: median $982 across 24 hospitalsMI$982New York: median $3,387 across 28 hospitalsNY$3,387Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,754 across 10 hospitalsOR$1,754Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,348 across 18 hospitalsIA$2,348Indiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,372 across 12 hospitalsOH$2,372Pennsylvania: median $1,051 across 20 hospitalsPA$1,051New Jersey: median $3,819 across 30 hospitalsNJ$3,819Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $8,596 across 30 hospitalsCA$8,596Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $2,005 across 13 hospitalsOK$2,005Louisiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,012 across 20 hospitalsTX$3,012Florida: median $3,835 across 12 hospitalsFL$3,835
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,695. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA30$8,596+219%$1,364 – $8,596
Florida FL12$3,835+42%$3,055 – $7,162
New Jersey NJ30$3,819+42%$3,171 – $5,339
New York NY28$3,387+26%$2,064 – $3,626
Texas TX20$3,012+12%$2,975 – $3,012
Wisconsin WI19$2,601−3%$2,601 – $3,079
Ohio OH12$2,372−12%$1,329 – $3,835
Iowa IA18$2,348−13%$1,732 – $2,348
Oklahoma OK13$2,005−26%$2,005 – $2,351
Oregon OR10$1,754−35%$1,754 – $3,137
Illinois IL15$1,748−35%$965 – $4,745
Pennsylvania PA20$1,051−61%$590 – $4,444
Michigan MI24$982−64%$982 – $2,379
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $2,695.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care302$2,873$1,329 – $4,782
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access53$2,348$1,050 – $3,137
Ownership
For-profit34$2,828$965 – $4,649
Government53$2,628$1,382 – $3,597
Non-profit276$2,753$1,329 – $4,649
System affiliation
Part of a system301$2,975$1,329 – $4,782
Independent63$2,369$1,220 – $3,701

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,099
Median cash price$2,695
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

198 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,348 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,378; most fall between $1,347 and $4,191.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 198 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
$965$1,382$2,348$3,196$8,596

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($965 vs $8,596).

Of the 219 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 198 gave a usable cash price; 16 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 5 a list price only.

How complete is this

364 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (9%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 403 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted364
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here31
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded6
Hospitals that filed this code403

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 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 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 Rad Resect Tumor Soft Tiss Neck/Ant Thorax <5cm.

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, “Wide removal of soft tissue tumor in neck or chest, <5 cm (CPT 21557) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-21557-wide-removal-of-soft-tissue-tumor-in-neck-or-chest-5-cm