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Removal of a Hip or Pelvis Soft-Tissue Growth

Delaware rates for HCPCS 27048

Removes a growth from the soft tissue of the hip and pelvis area — the tissue surrounding the bones rather than the bone itself. The growth is taken out through an incision and normally sent to a laboratory for examination.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal of a Hip or Pelvis Soft-Tissue Growth cost?

$1,401

Typical total for the visit. In Delaware, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,401 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $851 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$550$437 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$851$603 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $447 to $2,399Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $417 to $832
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $851professional $550

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$758.58
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Colorado than in Delaware. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Delaware· 51st of 51

$1,401

$550 physician + $851 facility

CO $6,475DE $1,401

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.