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Removal Of A Soft Tissue Growth Near The Thigh Or Knee

Indiana 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?

$4,292

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,292 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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$490$407 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$1,514 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $832 to $14,125Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $372 to $692
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,802professional $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
$478.63
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$537.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$17,378.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$645.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$977.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$107.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$91.20
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,041.74
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,168.69
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$741.31
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
$269.15
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$302.00

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 9th of 51

$4,292

$490 physician + $3,802 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.