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Removal Of A Soft Tissue Growth Near The Thigh Or Knee

Ohio 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?

$1,920

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,920 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,549 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$372$275 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$1,000 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $646 to $7,943Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $79 to $589
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,549professional $372

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
$758.58
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,659.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$7,585.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$645.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$977.24
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$776.25
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$6,025.60
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$776.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$501.19
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$758.58
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$776.25
4 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
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$891.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$104.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$91.20

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 47th of 51

$1,920

$372 physician + $1,549 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.