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Removal Of A Soft Tissue Growth Near The Thigh Or Knee

Alabama rates for HCPCS 27337

This procedure surgically removes a soft-tissue tumor located just beneath the skin of the thigh or knee area. The growth and a margin of surrounding tissue are taken out through an incision, and the tissue is typically sent to a lab to determine what it is.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Soft Tissue Growth Near The Thigh Or Knee cost?

$3,002

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,002 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$490$427 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,514 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $933 to $3,162Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $355 to $676
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,512professional $490

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
$707.95
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$676.08
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
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.9 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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

Alabama· 24th of 51

$3,002

$490 physician + $2,512 facility

CO $6,755MT $1,384

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.