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Removal Of A Soft Tissue Growth Near The Thigh Or Knee

North Carolina 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?

$2,320

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,320 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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$661$525 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$1,175 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $562 to $5,754Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,202
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,660professional $661

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
$407.38
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$724.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,011.87
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$977.24
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,023.29
10 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
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$331.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$562.34
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$223.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$154.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$154.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$154.88

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 35th of 51

$2,320

$661 physician + $1,660 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.