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Removal of a Soft-Tissue Growth in the Lower Leg

Maine 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?

$2,223

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,223 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$525$479 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$708 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $525 to $3,311Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $407 to $794
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $525

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$776.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$794.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,174.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$125.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$870.96
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,311.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$758.58
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$691.83
4 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
$323.59
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08

Where Maine 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

Maine· 37th of 51

$2,223

$525 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.