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Removal Of A Soft Tissue Growth Near The Thigh Or Knee

South 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 July 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Soft Tissue Growth Near The Thigh Or Knee cost?

$6,935

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,935 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,457 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$479$407 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,457$1,995 to $11,749

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $479 to $20,417Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,000
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $6,457professional $479

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,000.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$933.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$912.01
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$758.58

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 10.3 times more in Indiana than in Delaware. 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

South Carolina· 7th of 50

$6,935

$479 physician + $6,457 facility

IN $8,754DE $853

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.