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Removal of Soft Tissue Growth, Leg or Ankle

Arizona 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?

$3,017

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,017 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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$447$331 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$1,413 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $525 to $6,607Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,122
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,570professional $447

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
$1,380.38
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,584.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$776.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$758.58

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 22nd of 50

$3,017

$447 physician + $2,570 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.