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Removal of Soft Tissue Growth, Leg or Ankle

Utah 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?

$3,878

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,878 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$490$363 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$2,291 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $603 to $4,898Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,950
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,388professional $490

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
$446.68
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$812.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$851.14
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,897.79
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,000.00
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,023.29
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$676.08

Where Utah 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

Utah· 14th of 50

$3,878

$490 physician + $3,388 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.