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Removal Of A Soft Tissue Growth Near The Thigh Or Knee

South Dakota 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?

$3,523

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,523 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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$832$417 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$2,692 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $676 to $5,888Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,622
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,692professional $832

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
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,888.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$3,090.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$912.01
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$831.76
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,148.15
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 33rd of 50

$3,523

$832 physician + $2,692 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.