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Removal of Soft Tissue Growth, Leg or Ankle

Nebraska 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?

$4,307

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,307 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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$676$447 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$955 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $617 to $12,589Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $282 to $1,549
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,631professional $676

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
$630.96
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$11,748.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,801.89
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,348.96
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 10th of 50

$4,307

$676 physician + $3,631 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.