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Removal of a Soft-Tissue Growth in the Lower Leg

Louisiana 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?

$2,992

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,992 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$537$457 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,380 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $6,026Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $398 to $724
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $537

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
$616.60
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,244.36
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$758.58
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
$389.05
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$478.63

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 20th of 51

$2,992

$537 physician + $2,455 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.