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Removal of a Hip or Pelvis Soft-Tissue Growth

New Mexico 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?

$2,737

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,737 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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$741$603 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,175 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $603 to $8,511Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,023
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,995professional $741

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
$616.60
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$891.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,122.02
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
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 21st of 51

$2,737

$741 physician + $1,995 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.