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Removal of a Soft-Tissue Growth in the Lower Leg

Arkansas 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?

$2,015

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,015 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$501$437 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$1,175 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $891 to $3,631Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $417 to $661
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $501

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$758.58
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 43rd of 51

$2,015

$501 physician + $1,514 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.