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Removal of Soft Tissue Growth, Leg or Ankle

Maine 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?

$3,924

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,924 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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$372 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$2,042 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $0 to $5,248Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $295 to $851
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $3,467professional $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
$389.05
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$602.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,071.52
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,071.52
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.34
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$5,248.07
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Maine 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

Maine· 13th of 50

$3,924

$457 physician + $3,467 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.