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Removal of a Soft-Tissue Growth Near the Knee

Rhode Island 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 October 2026.

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

$2,578

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,578 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$759$631 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$891 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $676 to $5,012Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $513 to $1,122
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,820professional $759

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
$2,398.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,122.02
3 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
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 4.2 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

Rhode Island· 22nd of 51

$2,578

$759 physician + $1,820 facility

CO $6,475DE $1,548

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.