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Removal Of Soft-Tissue Growth In Leg Or Ankle

West 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?

$2,350

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,350 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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$871$661 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$1,259 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $5,012Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $550 to $1,950
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,479professional $871

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
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,949.84
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where West 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

West Virginia· 42nd of 51

$2,350

$871 physician + $1,479 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.