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Removal of a Soft-Tissue Growth in the Lower Leg

Florida 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?

$2,281

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,281 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$331$275 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$1,175 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $813 to $10,000Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $60 to $537
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $331

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
$602.56
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$524.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$616.60
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$11,748.98
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$645.65
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$11,748.98
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$467.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$707.95
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$407.38
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
$257.04
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$309.03

Where Florida 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

Florida· 34th of 51

$2,281

$331 physician + $1,950 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.