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Removal Of A Soft Tissue Growth Near The Thigh Or Knee

Michigan 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?

$3,074

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,074 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$562$468 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,230 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $631 to $5,012Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $417 to $955
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $562

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
$537.03
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$588.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,071.52
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$616.60
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$575.44
5 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
$407.38
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 21st of 51

$3,074

$562 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.