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Removal Of Soft-Tissue Growth In Leg Or Ankle

Ohio 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?

$2,315

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,315 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$537$158 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$1,122 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $661 to $7,943Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $81 to $891
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $537

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
$1,230.27
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
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
$524.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,023.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$524.81
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
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
$660.69
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,258.93
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
$660.69
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,258.93
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$758.58
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$758.58
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
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
$426.58
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,258.93
4 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
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,659.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,513.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$144.54

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 45th of 51

$2,315

$537 physician + $1,778 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.