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Removal of a Soft-Tissue Growth in the Lower Leg

South Carolina 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?

$2,176

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,176 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$398$324 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$1,230 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $813 to $10,715Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $78 to $603
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,778professional $398

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
$467.74
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$524.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$9,549.93
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$741.31
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$549.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$707.95
8 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
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$363.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$144.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$102.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$102.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$102.33

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 38th of 51

$2,176

$398 physician + $1,778 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.