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Surgical Removal Of A Foot Soft-Tissue Growth

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 28045

This surgery removes a soft-tissue growth or tumor from the foot, cutting down through tissue layers beneath the skin to reach and excise it. It may be used for a growth situated deeper within the foot's tissue than one that sits just under the skin.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Surgical Removal Of A Foot Soft-Tissue Growth cost?

$3,128

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,128 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$437$347 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$550 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $398 to $20,417Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $302 to $759
$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $437

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$741.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$9,120.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$912.01
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$933.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$776.25

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 11.8 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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

South Carolina· 26th of 50

$3,128

$437 physician + $2,692 facility

IN $10,437WV $884

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.