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Removal of Soft Tissue Growth, Leg or Ankle

Minnesota 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?

$2,866

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,866 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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$871$575 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,288 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $501 to $5,370Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,738
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $871

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
$309.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,290.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,128.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,041.74
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,801.89
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 25th of 50

$2,866

$871 physician + $1,995 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.