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Removal Of A Soft Tissue Growth Near The Thigh Or Knee

Virginia 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?

$3,419

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,419 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$468$417 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$1,023 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $501 to $9,550Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $380 to $676
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $468

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
$467.74
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$758.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$575.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$851.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$91.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$79.43
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$660.69
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$588.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$776.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$524.81
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$758.58
2 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
$331.13
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 12th of 51

$3,419

$468 physician + $2,951 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.