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Removal of Soft Tissue Growth, Leg or Ankle

Idaho 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?

$1,825

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,825 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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$537$417 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$617 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $447 to $4,898Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $324 to $1,000
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $537

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
$3,019.95
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$794.33
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,000.00
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,047.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,248.07
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,023.29
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,073.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$831.76

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 41st of 50

$1,825

$537 physician + $1,288 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.