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Removal of Soft Tissue Growth, Leg or Ankle

Alaska rates for HCPCS 27618

This procedure removes a growth or lump found in the soft tissue of the leg or ankle. The surgeon cuts out the growth along with a margin of surrounding tissue and typically sends it to a lab to find out what it is. This version applies to a smaller growth, as opposed to the version used for a larger one.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal of Soft Tissue Growth, Leg or Ankle cost?

$1,686

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,686 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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$891$417 to $1,622
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$525 to $1,514

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $380 to $3,162Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $295 to $2,239
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $794professional $891

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
$977.24
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,479.11
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,137.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,398.83
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,570.40
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,137.96
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 7.6 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

Alaska· 42nd of 50

$1,686

$891 physician + $794 facility

IN $7,043DE $928

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.