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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 October 2026.

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

$2,205

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,205 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$427$339 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$1,259 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $813 to $10,471Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $93 to $617
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $427

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
$478.63
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$645.65
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$9,332.54
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$758.58
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$562.34
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$707.95
8 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
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$371.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$147.91
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$104.71
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$104.71
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$104.71

Where South 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

South Carolina· 40th of 51

$2,205

$427 physician + $1,778 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.