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Removal of a Hip or Pelvis Soft-Tissue Growth

North Dakota 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?

$2,007

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,007 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,175 to the doctor who performs it, and $832 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,175$933 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$832$603 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $603 to $1,778Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $603 to $1,585
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $832professional $1,175

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
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,202.26
2 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
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,344.23

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 41st of 51

$2,007

$1,175 physician + $832 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.