Biopsy of tissue in the neck or chest at Rush Medical Foundation

Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.

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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

PR BIOPSY SOFT TISSUE NECK/CHEST

Meridian, MS

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Rush Medical Foundation’s median price of $889 is 52% below the median hospital's median price ($1.8k), higher than 17% of the 2,086 hospitals reporting CPT 21550. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 21550 at Rush Medical Foundation

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 11 payers, 22 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.

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1	Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$127	$127	$12	10%	—	$114 – $139
2	Cigna Healthspring all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$139	$139	—	—	—	$139 – $139
3	Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$139	$139	—	—	—	$139 – $139
4	WellCare all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$139	$139	—	—	—	$139 – $139
5	Ambetter all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$195	$195	—	—	—	$195 – $195
6	Cigna all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$242	$242	—	—	—	$242 – $242
7	MultiPlan all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$243	$243	—	—	—	$243 – $243
8	UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$391	$307	$119	39%	—	$139 – $391
9	Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$338	$338	—	—	—	$338 – $338
10	Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$140	$489	$504	103%	—	$125 – $1.2k
11	Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient	$919	$919	—	—	—	$919 – $919
12	Humana all payor other · outpatient	$1.4k	$1.4k	—	—	—	$1.4k – $1.4k
13	Bcbs Ms all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$1.3k	$1.4k	$1.1k	76%	—	$357 – $2.7k
14	Cigna Healthspring all payor case rate · outpatient	$1.5k	$1.5k	—	—	—	$1.5k – $1.5k
15	Humana all payor case rate · outpatient	$1.5k	$1.5k	—	—	—	$1.5k – $1.5k
16	Optum all payor case rate · outpatient	$1.5k	$1.5k	—	—	—	$1.5k – $1.5k
17	WellCare all payor case rate · outpatient	$1.5k	$1.5k	—	—	—	$1.5k – $1.5k
18	Molina all payor case rate · outpatient	$1.5k	$1.5k	—	—	—	$1.5k – $1.5k
19	UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient	$1.7k	$1.6k	$117	7%	—	$1.5k – $1.7k
20	Aetna all payor other · outpatient	$1.7k	$1.7k	—	—	—	$1.7k – $1.7k
21	MultiPlan all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1.9k	$1.9k	—	—	—	$1.9k – $1.9k
22	Ambetter all payor case rate · outpatient	$2.1k	$2.1k	—	—	—	$2.1k – $2.1k

Last updated: Apr 1, 2026

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