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Removal of Soft Tissue Growth, Leg or Ankle

Colorado 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?

$4,259

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,259 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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$457$316 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$1,148 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $447 to $8,318Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $309 to $851
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $457

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
$380.19
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$776.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$912.01
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$851.14
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,445.44
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,122.02
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$933.25

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 11th of 50

$4,259

$457 physician + $3,802 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.