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Removal of Soft Tissue Growth, Leg or Ankle

Washington 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?

$1,415

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,415 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $813 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$603$417 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$813$589 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $389 to $7,413Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,288
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $813professional $603

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
$588.84
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,348.96
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$8,912.51
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,288.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,380.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,230.27
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$257.04
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$977.24
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,709.64
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,174.90
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$758.58

Where Washington 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

Washington· 45th of 50

$1,415

$603 physician + $813 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.