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Removal of a Soft-Tissue Growth in the Lower Leg

South 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?

$2,365

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,365 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$851$631 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$589 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,820Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,122
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,514professional $851

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
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,019.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,995.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$891.25
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,122.02
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where South 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

South Dakota· 31st of 51

$2,365

$851 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.