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Removal of Soft Tissue Growth, Leg or Ankle

Missouri 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?

$2,352

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,352 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$490$355 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,047 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $407 to $5,370Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,950
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,862professional $490

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
$407.38
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,344.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,548.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$912.01
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$794.33

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 34th of 50

$2,352

$490 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.