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Removal of a Soft-Tissue Growth in the Lower Leg

Michigan 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?

$2,455

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,455 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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$550$437 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$1,259 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $813 to $4,074Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $145 to $661
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,905professional $550

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
$524.81
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$575.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,388.44
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,047.13
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,754.40
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$616.60
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$575.44
5 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
$398.11
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 28th of 51

$2,455

$550 physician + $1,905 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.