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Removal of Soft Tissue Growth, Leg or Ankle

Massachusetts 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?

$2,465

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,465 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$603$398 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$427 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $372 to $4,677Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $316 to $1,380
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,862professional $603

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
$426.58
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,548.82
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$28,840.32
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,202.26
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$3,467.37
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$912.01
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,318.26
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,311.31
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$28,840.32
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 32nd of 50

$2,465

$603 physician + $1,862 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.