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Removal of a Soft-Tissue Growth in the Lower Leg

Illinois 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?

$2,845

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,845 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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$501$437 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$1,622 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $851 to $5,888Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $398 to $794
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,344professional $501

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
$512.86
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$645.65
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,495.41
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$724.44
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,479.11
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$588.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$831.76
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
$288.40
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 23rd of 51

$2,845

$501 physician + $2,344 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.