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Removal of a Hip or Pelvis Soft-Tissue Growth

Maine 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?

$2,018

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,018 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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$759$708 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$1,202 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $813 to $2,291Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,175
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,259professional $759

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,148.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,174.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,778.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$741.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$190.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,230.27
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,584.89
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,122.02
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,023.29
12 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
$316.23
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03

Where Maine 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

Maine· 39th of 51

$2,018

$759 physician + $1,259 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.