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Removal of a Soft-Tissue Growth in the Lower Leg

Colorado 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?

$6,741

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,741 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,166 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$575$479 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,166$2,512 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $12,589Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $417 to $912
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,166professional $575

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
$1,479.11
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$630.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$13,182.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$724.44
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$891.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$794.33
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,089.30
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$851.14
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
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$295.12

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 1st of 51

$6,741

$575 physician + $6,166 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.