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Removal of Soft Tissue Growth, Leg or Ankle

Oregon 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?

$1,512

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,512 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $851 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$661$457 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$851$617 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $447 to $5,129Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $316 to $1,202
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $851professional $661

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
$776.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,258.93
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,288.25
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,023.29
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,148.15
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$954.99
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,023.29
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,230.27
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$6,918.31
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 43rd of 50

$1,512

$661 physician + $851 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.