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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons

Wide removal of soft tissue tumor in back or flank, 5 cm+

CPT 21936the billing code this page is about

Extensive removal of a soft tissue tumor of the back or side, taking a margin of surrounding healthy tissue, for a tumor 5 cm or larger.

Hospitals typically charge $3,448 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 342 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,592. Most fall between $2,328 and $5,855 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
342
States
43
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 342 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
$1,603$2,393$3,448$4,978$8,288

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,603 vs $8,288).

How the prices are spread

$1,110 – $1,407: 5 hospitals$1,110$1,407 – $1,785: 21 hospitals$1,785 – $2,265: 15 hospitals$1,785$2,265 – $2,873: 74 hospitals$2,873 – $3,645: 62 hospitals$2,873$3,645 – $4,624: 40 hospitals$4,624 – $5,865: 45 hospitals$4,624$5,865 – $7,441: 10 hospitals$7,441 – $9,439: 29 hospitals$7,441$9,439 – $11,974: 8 hospitals$9,439median $3,448price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (309 of 342 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,110$1,4075
$1,407$1,78521
$1,785$2,26515
$2,265$2,87374
$2,873$3,64562
$3,645$4,62440
$4,624$5,86545
$5,865$7,44110
$7,441$9,43929
$9,439$11,9748

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,968
Median cash price$3,448
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.16×

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 $3,448.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,393 across 10 hospitalsMN$2,393Illinois: median $2,627 across 13 hospitalsIL$2,627Wisconsin: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $2,804 across 25 hospitalsMI$2,804New York: median $3,387 across 26 hospitalsNY$3,387Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $4,608 across 11 hospitalsOR$4,608Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $3,465 across 17 hospitalsIA$3,465Indiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $3,831 across 14 hospitalsOH$3,831Pennsylvania: median $2,094 across 19 hospitalsPA$2,094New Jersey: median $3,819 across 30 hospitalsNJ$3,819Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $8,288 across 27 hospitalsCA$8,288Utah: 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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 7 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital 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: 6 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: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $2,328 across 14 hospitalsOK$2,328Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,910 across 20 hospitalsTX$4,910Florida: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,448. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA27$8,288+140%$4,208 – $8,288
Texas TX20$4,910+42%$4,708 – $4,910
Oregon OR11$4,608+34%$2,594 – $4,608
Ohio OH14$3,831+11%$2,565 – $5,863
New Jersey NJ30$3,819+11%$3,171 – $5,110
Iowa IA17$3,4650%$3,465 – $3,465
New York NY26$3,387−2%$2,512 – $3,626
Michigan MI25$2,804−19%$2,141 – $2,804
Illinois IL13$2,627−24%$1,110 – $2,859
Minnesota MN10$2,393−31%$2,393 – $2,961
Oklahoma OK14$2,328−32%$2,328 – $5,835
Pennsylvania PA19$2,094−39%$874 – $5,393
Florida FL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not 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 $3,448.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care277$3,465$2,328 – $5,863
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access56$2,458$2,290 – $4,608
Ownership
For-profit29$4,191$1,785 – $5,237
Government50$3,387$2,460 – $5,747
Non-profit262$3,465$2,327 – $5,863
System affiliation
Part of a system277$3,465$2,327 – $5,863
Independent65$3,113$2,456 – $4,708

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,748
Median cash price$3,448
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

196 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,465 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,815; most fall between $2,328 and $7,765.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 196 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
$1,729$2,328$3,465$5,649$8,288

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 4.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,729 vs $8,288).

Of the 227 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 196 gave a usable cash price; 15 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 16 a list price only.

How complete is this

342 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 383 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted342
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 — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded9
Hospitals that filed this code383

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 Rad Resection Tumor Soft Tissue Back/Flank 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 back or flank, 5 cm+ (CPT 21936) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-21936-wide-removal-of-soft-tissue-tumor-in-back-or-flank-5-cm