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Removal of a Soft-Tissue Growth in the Lower Leg

North Dakota 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?

$2,308

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,308 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$794$617 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$407 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $407 to $2,630Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,047
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $794

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
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$812.83

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 33rd of 51

$2,308

$794 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.