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Removal of a Hip or Pelvis Soft-Tissue Growth

Iowa 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?

$3,469

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,469 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,230$933 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,122 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $776 to $6,761Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,660
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,239professional $1,230

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,584.89
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$6,760.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$4,466.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,584.89
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,454.71
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,621.81
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,445.44
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
$281.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 10th of 51

$3,469

$1,230 physician + $2,239 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.