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Removal Of A Soft Tissue Growth Near The Thigh Or Knee

Tennessee 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?

$2,688

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,688 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,138 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$550$447 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,138$1,413 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $5,495Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $372 to $3,020
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,138professional $550

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
$707.95
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$707.95
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$870.96
3 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
$275.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$371.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
79 · Unrelated procedure after surgery
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 28th of 51

$2,688

$550 physician + $2,138 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.