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Removal Of A Soft Tissue Growth Near The Thigh Or Knee

Maryland 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?

$1,776

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,776 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$427$407 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$1,096 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $646 to $2,570Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $389 to $661
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,349professional $427

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
$512.86
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$309.03
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$758.58
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$912.01
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$660.69

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 49th of 51

$1,776

$427 physician + $1,349 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.