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Removal of a Hip or Pelvis Soft-Tissue Growth

Kentucky 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?

$2,345

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,345 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$525$457 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$813 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $589 to $7,586Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $407 to $851
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,820professional $525

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
$524.81
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$660.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$741.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$457.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$117.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$102.33
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,041.74
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,071.52
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
$263.03
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$457.09

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 28th of 51

$2,345

$525 physician + $1,820 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.