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Removal of a Hip or Pelvis Soft-Tissue Growth

Tennessee 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?

$2,591

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,591 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$813$617 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$1,202 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $661 to $4,266Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $537 to $5,129
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $813

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
$891.25
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,000.00
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,258.93
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
$269.15
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$537.03

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 24th of 51

$2,591

$813 physician + $1,778 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.