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Removal of Soft Tissue Growth, Leg or Ankle

New Jersey 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?

$6,222

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,222 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,754 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$468$324 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,754$4,074 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $676 to $10,233Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $282 to $1,514
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,754professional $468

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
$575.44
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,230.27
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$891.25
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,585.78
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 2nd of 50

$6,222

$468 physician + $5,754 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.