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Removal of Soft Tissue Growth, Leg or Ankle

Vermont 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?

$537

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $389 to $589.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $363 to $676
$500$1Kprofessional $537

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$870.96
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Hawaii than in Kentucky. 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.

Vermont· 22nd of 51

$537

HI $1,622KY $437

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.