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Removal of Soft Tissue Growth, Leg or Ankle

Ohio 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?

$3,331

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,331 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$447$324 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,000 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $501 to $9,772Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $295 to $813
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $447

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
$457.09
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$891.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$691.83
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$794.33
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$21,379.62
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$794.33
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$741.31

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 21st of 50

$3,331

$447 physician + $2,884 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.