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Removal Of A Soft Tissue Growth Near The Thigh Or Knee

New Mexico 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?

$2,881

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,881 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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$537$468 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$1,514 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $11,482Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $372 to $741
$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,344professional $537

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
$426.58
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$13,182.57
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$724.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$616.60
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$5,754.40
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$776.25
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
$295.12
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 27th of 51

$2,881

$537 physician + $2,344 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.