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Removal of Soft Tissue Growth, Leg or Ankle

Nevada 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?

$2,696

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,696 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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$324 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$794 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $295 to $5,248Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,259
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,239professional $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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,698.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,888.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$831.76
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$776.25
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$776.25
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$512.86
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$794.33

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 26th of 50

$2,696

$457 physician + $2,239 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.