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Removal of a Soft-Tissue Growth Near the Knee

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 27328

Removes a soft-tissue growth from the thigh or the area around the knee, meaning a lump in fat, muscle or connective tissue rather than in a bone or joint. The surgeon makes an incision over the lump, separates it from the nerves and vessels around it, takes it out and closes the wound. The tissue removed is sent to a laboratory to be examined under a microscope.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal of a Soft-Tissue Growth Near the Knee cost?

$2,399

Typical facility fee. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,399 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,122 to $3,715.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $776 to $5,248
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,399

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,309.57
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,786.30

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 16.2 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. 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.

Louisiana· 33rd of 50

$2,399

IN $10,000ND $617

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.