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Removal of Soft Tissue Growth, Leg or Ankle

Kansas 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?

$2,991

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,991 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$479$398 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$646 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $389 to $7,943Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $309 to $708
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $479

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
$616.60
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$812.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$724.44

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 23rd of 50

$2,991

$479 physician + $2,512 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.