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Removal of a Soft-Tissue Growth in the Lower Leg

Iowa 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?

$3,104

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,104 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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$813$646 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,148 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $794 to $7,079Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,175
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $813

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
$645.65
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$6,760.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,019.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,630.27
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,348.96
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,122.02
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$954.99
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
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 18th of 51

$3,104

$813 physician + $2,291 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.