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Removal of a Soft-Tissue Growth in the Lower Leg

Alaska rates for HCPCS 27632

Removes a growth from the fatty layer lying just under the skin of the lower leg or ankle, rather than from beneath the covering of the muscles. A margin of normal tissue is usually taken with it, and the specimen is sent to a laboratory to be identified. The wound is closed with stitches.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal of a Soft-Tissue Growth in the Lower Leg cost?

$4,822

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,822 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,660 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,660$759 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$2,630 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $10,715Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $417 to $2,138
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $1,660

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$10,715.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$7,762.47
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,344.23
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,365.16
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$9,772.37
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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

Alaska· 6th of 51

$4,822

$1,660 physician + $3,162 facility

CO $6,741MT $1,322

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.