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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons

Removal of deep soft tissue growth in back, 5 cm or more

CPT 21933the billing code this page is about

Surgical removal of a tumor lying beneath the fascia or within muscle of the back or flank, measuring 5 centimeters or larger.

Hospitals typically charge $2,736 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,010 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,981. Most fall between $1,319 and $5,823 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,010
States
50
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 1,010 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
$916$1,481$2,736$4,978$8,596

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($916 vs $8,596).

How the prices are spread

$701 – $934: 60 hospitals$701$934 – $1,243: 72 hospitals$1,243 – $1,656: 114 hospitals$1,243$1,656 – $2,204: 121 hospitals$2,204 – $2,935: 118 hospitals$2,204$2,935 – $3,908: 124 hospitals$3,908 – $5,204: 109 hospitals$3,908$5,204 – $6,929: 96 hospitals$6,929 – $9,225: 64 hospitals$6,929$9,225 – $12,283: 32 hospitals$9,225median $2,736price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (910 of 1,010 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$701$93460
$934$1,24372
$1,243$1,656114
$1,656$2,204121
$2,204$2,935118
$2,935$3,908124
$3,908$5,204109
$5,204$6,92996
$6,929$9,22564
$9,225$12,28332

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,968
Median cash price$2,736
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.92×

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 $2,736.

Alaska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: median $1,367 across 11 hospitalsVT$1,367New Hampshire: median $1,121 across 11 hospitalsNH$1,121Washington: median $2,188 across 30 hospitalsWA$2,188Idaho: median $3,296 across 18 hospitalsID$3,296Montana: median $1,601 across 13 hospitalsMT$1,601North Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,241 across 42 hospitalsMN$2,241Illinois: median $2,843 across 43 hospitalsIL$2,843Wisconsin: median $2,374 across 50 hospitalsWI$2,374Michigan: median $1,260 across 43 hospitalsMI$1,260New York: median $3,387 across 69 hospitalsNY$3,387Massachusetts: median $4,566 across 17 hospitalsMA$4,566Oregon: median $1,763 across 23 hospitalsOR$1,763Nevada: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,807 across 39 hospitalsIA$1,807Indiana: median $1,475 across 25 hospitalsIN$1,475Ohio: median $5,262 across 35 hospitalsOH$5,262Pennsylvania: median $3,356 across 44 hospitalsPA$3,356New Jersey: median $3,819 across 35 hospitalsNJ$3,819Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $4,529 across 58 hospitalsCA$4,529Utah: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,760 across 18 hospitalsCO$1,760Nebraska: median $2,279 across 18 hospitalsNE$2,279Missouri: median $1,880 across 25 hospitalsMO$1,880Kentucky: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $2,073 across 24 hospitalsWV$2,073Virginia: median $8,787 across 19 hospitalsVA$8,787Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $3,565 across 10 hospitalsAZ$3,565New Mexico: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,497 across 24 hospitalsKS$1,497Arkansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $1,853 across 11 hospitalsTN$1,853North Carolina: median $3,371 across 15 hospitalsNC$3,371South Carolina: median $4,978 across 10 hospitalsSC$4,978Oklahoma: median $1,550 across 17 hospitalsOK$1,550Louisiana: median $2,821 across 17 hospitalsLA$2,821Mississippi: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $3,000 across 16 hospitalsAL$3,000Georgia: median $4,852 across 23 hospitalsGA$4,852Hawaii: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,806 across 45 hospitalsTX$3,806Florida: median $6,277 across 20 hospitalsFL$6,277
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,736. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Virginia VA19$8,787+221%$1,066 – $12,141
Florida FL20$6,277+129%$5,699 – $10,696
Ohio OH35$5,262+92%$1,189 – $13,911
South Carolina SC10$4,978+82%$2,754 – $12,689
Georgia GA23$4,852+77%$336 – $16,385
Massachusetts MA17$4,566+67%$3,759 – $6,876
California CA58$4,529+66%$1,860 – $8,596
New Jersey NJ35$3,819+40%$3,168 – $5,339
Texas TX45$3,806+39%$2,425 – $5,366
Arizona AZ10$3,565+30%$804 – $10,376
New York NY69$3,387+24%$1,274 – $4,595
North Carolina NC15$3,371+23%$1,417 – $5,891
Pennsylvania PA44$3,356+23%$563 – $9,437
Idaho ID18$3,296+20%$1,338 – $6,379
Alabama AL16$3,000+10%$2,074 – $6,027
Illinois IL43$2,843+4%$1,298 – $5,335
Louisiana LA17$2,821+3%$1,602 – $5,474
Wisconsin WI50$2,374−13%$1,987 – $3,591
Nebraska NE18$2,279−17%$1,292 – $4,501
Minnesota MN42$2,241−18%$1,181 – $3,642
Washington WA30$2,188−20%$1,461 – $3,808
West Virginia WV24$2,073−24%$808 – $4,116
Missouri MO25$1,880−31%$1,152 – $3,456
Tennessee TN11$1,853−32%$920 – $4,749
Iowa IA39$1,807−34%$1,470 – $2,362
Oregon OR23$1,763−36%$1,364 – $3,124
Colorado CO18$1,760−36%$1,235 – $6,103
Montana MT13$1,601−41%$572 – $3,261
Oklahoma OK17$1,550−43%$1,550 – $5,170
Kansas KS24$1,497−45%$952 – $2,736
Indiana IN25$1,475−46%$848 – $3,058
Vermont VT11$1,367−50%$1,199 – $1,854
Michigan MI43$1,260−54%$855 – $3,994
New Hampshire NH11$1,121−59%$701 – $2,480
Kentucky KY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not 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 $2,736.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care708$3,371$1,417 – $6,613
Children’s7fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access294$1,987$1,197 – $3,591
Ownership
For-profit110$4,191$1,849 – $9,168
Government208$2,188$1,402 – $4,437
Non-profit691$2,781$1,281 – $5,614
System affiliation
Part of a system753$3,168$1,347 – $6,277
Independent257$2,094$1,280 – $4,116

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,467
Median cash price$2,736
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

509 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,055 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,391; most fall between $1,080 and $4,661.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 509 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
$789$1,347$2,055$4,349$7,716

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($789 vs $7,716).

Of the 569 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 509 gave a usable cash price; 26 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 34 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,010 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (26%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,116 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,010
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here61
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 — excluded39
Hospitals that filed this code1,116

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 Tiss Back/Flank Subfascial 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 growth in back, 5 cm or more (CPT 21933) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-21933-removal-of-deep-soft-tissue-growth-in-back-5-cm-or-more