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Removal of Soft Tissue Growth, Leg or Ankle

West 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?

$2,634

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,634 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$447$324 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$1,413 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $302 to $8,913Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $275 to $661
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,188professional $447

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
$302.00
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$660.69
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$389.05
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,890.45
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$741.31

Where West 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

West Virginia· 29th of 50

$2,634

$447 physician + $2,188 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.