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Removal of Soft Tissue Growth, Leg or Ankle

Virginia 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?

$1,350

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,350 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $871 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$479$347 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$871$447 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $347 to $6,918Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $309 to $851
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $871professional $479

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
$380.19
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$933.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$758.58
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$870.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$776.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$812.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$3,388.44
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$831.76

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 46th of 50

$1,350

$479 physician + $871 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.