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Removal of Soft Tissue Growth, Leg or Ankle

Florida 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?

$5,104

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,104 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,677 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$427$324 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,677$1,950 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $813 to $10,965Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $275 to $776
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,677professional $427

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
$741.31
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$776.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$588.84
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$11,220.18
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$851.14
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,772.37
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$602.56
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$794.33
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$537.03

Where Florida 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

Florida· 6th of 50

$5,104

$427 physician + $4,677 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.