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Removal of a Soft-Tissue Growth in the Lower Leg

Delaware 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?

$1,906

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,906 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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$427$380 to $447
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$1,023 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $708 to $2,630Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $347 to $741
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,479professional $427

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
$416.87
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$741.31
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$6,456.54
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$588.84

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 47th of 51

$1,906

$427 physician + $1,479 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.