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Removal of Soft Tissue Growth, Leg or Ankle

Connecticut 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?

$5,773

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,773 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$525$389 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$4,365 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $3,631 to $8,913Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,660
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $525

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
$3,090.30
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,819.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$12,022.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,174.90
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 4th of 50

$5,773

$525 physician + $5,248 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.