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Removal of a Soft-Tissue Growth in the Lower Leg

New Jersey 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?

$3,527

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,527 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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$437$389 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,862 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $8,511Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $324 to $692
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $437

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
$426.58
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,456.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$891.25
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$10,964.78
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$588.84

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 13th of 51

$3,527

$437 physician + $3,090 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.