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Procedure price report · Excision of skin lesion

Removal of soft tissue tumor in thigh or knee, under 3 cm

CPT 27327the billing code this page is about

Surgical removal of a growth in the fatty tissue just under the skin of the thigh or knee area, measuring less than 3 centimeters.

Hospitals typically charge $1,618 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,081 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,730. Most fall between $689 and $3,732 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,081
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,081 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$441$751$1,618$3,188$5,339

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($441 vs $5,339).

How the prices are spread

$346 – $471: 70 hospitals$346$471 – $643: 78 hospitals$643 – $877: 126 hospitals$643$877 – $1,197: 115 hospitals$1,197 – $1,632: 101 hospitals$1,197$1,632 – $2,227: 154 hospitals$2,227 – $3,038: 94 hospitals$2,227$3,038 – $4,145: 89 hospitals$4,145 – $5,654: 96 hospitals$4,145$5,654 – $7,714: 51 hospitals$5,654median $1,618price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (974 of 1,081 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$346$47170
$471$64378
$643$877126
$877$1,197115
$1,197$1,632101
$1,632$2,227154
$2,227$3,03894
$3,038$4,14589
$4,145$5,65496
$5,654$7,71451

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,687
Median cash price$1,618
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.96×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,618.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: median $531 across 10 hospitalsVT$531New Hampshire: median $491 across 12 hospitalsNH$491Washington: median $1,143 across 29 hospitalsWA$1,143Idaho: median $1,288 across 16 hospitalsID$1,288Montana: median $703 across 12 hospitalsMT$703North Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,793 across 45 hospitalsMN$1,793Illinois: median $1,329 across 48 hospitalsIL$1,329Wisconsin: median $1,561 across 57 hospitalsWI$1,561Michigan: median $962 across 39 hospitalsMI$962New York: median $1,687 across 54 hospitalsNY$1,687Massachusetts: median $2,430 across 28 hospitalsMA$2,430Oregon: median $1,348 across 27 hospitalsOR$1,348Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,185 across 44 hospitalsIA$1,185Indiana: median $697 across 31 hospitalsIN$697Ohio: median $1,898 across 44 hospitalsOH$1,898Pennsylvania: median $1,951 across 51 hospitalsPA$1,951New Jersey: median $2,162 across 37 hospitalsNJ$2,162Connecticut: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $3,323 across 60 hospitalsCA$3,323Utah: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,098 across 15 hospitalsCO$1,098Nebraska: median $1,544 across 25 hospitalsNE$1,544Missouri: median $1,034 across 25 hospitalsMO$1,034Kentucky: median $600 across 11 hospitalsKY$600West Virginia: median $1,239 across 25 hospitalsWV$1,239Virginia: median $4,800 across 30 hospitalsVA$4,800Maryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $651 across 24 hospitalsKS$651Arkansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $570 across 11 hospitalsTN$570North Carolina: median $3,188 across 24 hospitalsNC$3,188South Carolina: median $4,649 across 14 hospitalsSC$4,649Oklahoma: median $690 across 17 hospitalsOK$690Louisiana: median $1,885 across 21 hospitalsLA$1,885Mississippi: median $708 across 13 hospitalsMS$708Alabama: median $1,700 across 11 hospitalsAL$1,700Georgia: median $753 across 14 hospitalsGA$753Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,229 across 47 hospitalsTX$3,229Florida: median $4,267 across 18 hospitalsFL$4,267
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,618. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Virginia VA30$4,800+197%$837 – $5,758
South Carolina SC14$4,649+187%$689 – $11,671
Florida FL18$4,267+164%$1,626 – $6,055
California CA60$3,323+105%$1,154 – $4,704
Texas TX47$3,229+100%$1,408 – $4,220
North Carolina NC24$3,188+97%$1,200 – $3,188
Massachusetts MA28$2,430+50%$755 – $5,031
New Jersey NJ37$2,162+34%$1,795 – $5,419
Pennsylvania PA51$1,951+21%$554 – $3,489
Ohio OH44$1,898+17%$799 – $4,464
Louisiana LA21$1,885+16%$836 – $2,760
Minnesota MN45$1,793+11%$771 – $2,104
Alabama AL11$1,700+5%$773 – $4,897
New York NY54$1,687+4%$614 – $3,780
Wisconsin WI57$1,561−4%$1,238 – $2,857
Nebraska NE25$1,544−5%$588 – $1,738
Oregon OR27$1,348−17%$770 – $1,682
Illinois IL48$1,329−18%$610 – $5,457
Idaho ID16$1,288−20%$1,135 – $3,570
West Virginia WV25$1,239−23%$346 – $3,431
Iowa IA44$1,185−27%$884 – $1,752
Washington WA29$1,143−29%$819 – $2,411
Colorado CO15$1,098−32%$657 – $1,434
Missouri MO25$1,034−36%$254 – $2,440
Michigan MI39$962−41%$383 – $2,271
Georgia GA14$753−53%$753 – $11,629
Mississippi MS13$708−56%$620 – $4,238
Montana MT12$703−57%$352 – $1,476
Indiana IN31$697−57%$511 – $1,145
Oklahoma OK17$690−57%$690 – $4,722
Kansas KS24$651−60%$404 – $1,806
Kentucky KY11$600−63%$441 – $2,132
Tennessee TN11$570−65%$386 – $2,065
Vermont VT10$531−67%$254 – $1,085
New Hampshire NH12$491−70%$250 – $1,017
Arkansas AR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,618.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care752$1,898$721 – $4,687
Children’s16fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access312$1,034$557 – $2,220
Ownership
For-profit98$2,333$724 – $7,762
Government223$1,178$651 – $2,730
Non-profit759$1,687$690 – $3,780
System affiliation
Part of a system824$1,771$696 – $4,220
Independent257$1,188$600 – $2,577

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,000
Median cash price$1,618
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

594 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,544 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,736; most fall between $690 and $3,345.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 594 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$482$754$1,544$3,188$4,704

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($482 vs $4,704).

Of the 660 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 594 gave a usable cash price; 28 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 38 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,081 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (27%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,180 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,081
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here64
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded34
Hospitals that filed this code1,180

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Excision of skin lesion family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Excision Tumor Soft Tissue Thigh/Knee Subq <3cm.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Removal of soft tissue tumor in thigh or knee, under 3 cm (CPT 27327) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-27327-removal-of-soft-tissue-tumor-in-thigh-or-knee-under-3-cm