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Removal of Soft Tissue Growth, Leg or Ankle

Illinois 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?

$2,112

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,112 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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$490$372 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$813 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $490 to $5,623Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $295 to $933
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,622professional $490

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
$489.78
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,888.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$912.01
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,760.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$851.14
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,621.81
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$660.69
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$851.14

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 38th of 50

$2,112

$490 physician + $1,622 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.