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Removal of Soft Tissue Growth, Leg or Ankle

Maryland 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?

$5,028

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,028 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$457$324 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$676 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $214 to $4,898Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $302 to $955
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $4,571professional $457

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
$1,621.81
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,000.00
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$933.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$912.01
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$794.33

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 7th of 50

$5,028

$457 physician + $4,571 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.