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Removal Of Soft-Tissue Growth In Leg Or Ankle

Virginia 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?

$4,209

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,209 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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$741$661 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,349 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $759 to $9,772Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $617 to $1,072
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $741

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
$758.58
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,047.13
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
$630.96
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$912.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,380.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$144.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$128.82
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$933.25
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
$645.65
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,071.52
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$891.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,621.81
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
$478.63
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,230.27
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
$524.81
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 12th of 51

$4,209

$741 physician + $3,467 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.