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Removal of a Soft-Tissue Growth in the Lower Leg

Kentucky 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?

$2,376

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,376 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$427$363 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$871 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $437 to $7,586Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $339 to $631
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $427

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
$346.74
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$524.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$489.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$724.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$77.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$67.61
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,041.74
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,041.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$724.44
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
$263.03
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$302.00

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 29th of 51

$2,376

$427 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.