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Removal of a Soft-Tissue Growth in the Lower Leg

Minnesota 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?

$2,365

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,365 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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$851$631 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$741 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $407 to $7,079Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,549
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,514professional $851

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
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$16,595.87
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$19,054.61
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,698.24
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,659.59
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,513.56
1 more rate 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
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$281.84

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 30th of 51

$2,365

$851 physician + $1,514 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.