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Removal of Soft Tissue Growth, Leg or Ankle

Montana 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?

$1,088

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,088 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $631 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$380 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$631$537 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $525 to $933Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $295 to $851
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $631professional $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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$758.58
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$870.96
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$870.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$891.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$851.14

Where Montana 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

Montana· 48th of 50

$1,088

$457 physician + $631 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.