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Removal of a Soft-Tissue Growth in the Lower Leg

Ohio 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?

$1,912

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,912 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,549 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$363$257 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$1,000 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $646 to $7,943Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $65 to $575
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,549professional $363

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
$724.44
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$3,801.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$7,585.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$630.96
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$758.58
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$6,025.60
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$758.58
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$489.78
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$758.58
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$758.58
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
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$870.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$933.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$100.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$89.13

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 46th of 51

$1,912

$363 physician + $1,549 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.