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Removal of a Soft-Tissue Growth in the Lower Leg

Montana 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?

$1,322

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,322 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $676 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$646$490 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$676$676 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $603 to $2,239Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $363 to $708
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $676professional $646

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$776.25
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$724.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,754.40
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$776.25

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$1,322

$646 physician + $676 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.