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Removal of a Soft-Tissue Growth in the Lower Leg

Idaho 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?

$2,457

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,457 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$759$646 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$1,380 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $832 to $7,244Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $513 to $891
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $759

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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$645.65
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$977.24
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$954.99
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$9,332.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$977.24
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$380.19
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$891.25
8 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
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$11,220.18
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$114.82

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 27th of 51

$2,457

$759 physician + $1,698 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.