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Removal Of Soft-Tissue Growth In Leg Or Ankle

Kansas rates for HCPCS 27634

Removes a lump from the soft tissues of the lower leg or ankle through an incision, taking a margin of surrounding tissue with it. The specimen goes to a laboratory to be examined and identified. It is done for a mass that is growing, painful, or of uncertain nature.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of Soft-Tissue Growth In Leg Or Ankle cost?

$2,002

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,002 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,047 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$955$813 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,047$537 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $513 to $4,365Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $708 to $5,012
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,047professional $955

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
$1,445.44
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
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
$512.86
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$724.44

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in Wisconsin than in Kentucky. 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

Kansas· 50th of 51

$2,002

$955 physician + $1,047 facility

WI $7,117KY $1,804

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.