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Removal Of A Soft Tissue Growth Near The Thigh Or Knee

Kentucky 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?

$1,916

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,916 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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$437$372 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$708 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $447 to $4,169Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $339 to $631
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,479professional $437

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
$363.08
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$588.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$501.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$758.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$81.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$70.79
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,041.74
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,041.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$741.31
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
$269.15
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$309.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
79 · Unrelated procedure after surgery
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 48th of 51

$1,916

$437 physician + $1,479 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.