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Removal Of A Soft Tissue Growth Near The Thigh Or Knee

Colorado 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?

$6,755

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,755 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,166 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$589$490 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,166$2,512 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $12,589Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $427 to $933
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,166professional $589

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
$660.69
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$691.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$13,182.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$741.31
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$933.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$831.76
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,089.30
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$870.96
2 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
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$302.00

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 1st of 51

$6,755

$589 physician + $6,166 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.