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Removal of a Soft-Tissue Growth in the Lower Leg

Virginia 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?

$3,547

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,547 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$457$407 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,175 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $513 to $9,550Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $372 to $646
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $457

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
$575.44
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$676.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$549.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$831.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$89.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$77.62
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$645.65
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$562.34
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$758.58
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$524.81
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$741.31
2 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
$323.59
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 12th of 51

$3,547

$457 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.