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Removal of Soft Tissue Growth, Leg or Ankle

North Carolina 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?

$1,338

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,338 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $813 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$525$389 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$813$479 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $331 to $7,244Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,096
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $813professional $525

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
$380.19
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,000.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$954.99
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$794.33
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$28,840.32
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,073.80

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 47th of 50

$1,338

$525 physician + $813 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.