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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons

Removal of a deep tumor in the leg or ankle, under 5 cm

CPT 27619the billing code this page is about

Surgical removal of a soft tissue growth located beneath the tough covering layer or inside a muscle of the lower leg or ankle, measuring less than 5 centimeters.

Hospitals typically charge $1,946 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 585 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,090. Most fall between $842 and $3,986 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
585
States
48
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 585 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
$672$978$1,946$3,632$6,287

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($672 vs $6,287).

How the prices are spread

$450 – $604: 25 hospitals$450$604 – $811: 52 hospitals$811 – $1,089: 58 hospitals$811$1,089 – $1,462: 80 hospitals$1,462 – $1,962: 50 hospitals$1,462$1,962 – $2,635: 85 hospitals$2,635 – $3,537: 50 hospitals$2,635$3,537 – $4,748: 63 hospitals$4,748 – $6,374: 38 hospitals$4,748$6,374 – $8,557: 26 hospitals$6,374median $1,946price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (527 of 585 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$450$60425
$604$81152
$811$1,08958
$1,089$1,46280
$1,462$1,96250
$1,962$2,63585
$2,635$3,53750
$3,537$4,74863
$4,748$6,37438
$6,374$8,55726

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,968
Median cash price$1,946
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.66×

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 $1,946.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $2,146 across 18 hospitalsWA$2,146Idaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,151 across 27 hospitalsMN$2,151Illinois: median $1,166 across 22 hospitalsIL$1,166Wisconsin: median $2,331 across 31 hospitalsWI$2,331Michigan: median $1,133 across 33 hospitalsMI$1,133New York: median $2,727 across 39 hospitalsNY$2,727Massachusetts: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,368 across 16 hospitalsOR$1,368Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,148 across 26 hospitalsIA$1,148Indiana: median $691 across 10 hospitalsIN$691Ohio: median $1,797 across 20 hospitalsOH$1,797Pennsylvania: median $2,094 across 27 hospitalsPA$2,094New Jersey: median $3,786 across 32 hospitalsNJ$3,786Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,212 across 37 hospitalsCA$2,212Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $1,460 across 10 hospitalsNE$1,460Missouri: median $836 across 14 hospitalsMO$836Kentucky: median $691 across 10 hospitalsKY$691West Virginia: median $518 across 10 hospitalsWV$518Virginia: median $4,875 across 13 hospitalsVA$4,875Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $781 across 14 hospitalsOK$781Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $6,653 across 10 hospitalsGA$6,653Hawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,849 across 27 hospitalsTX$3,849Florida: median $2,873 across 12 hospitalsFL$2,873
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,946. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA10$6,653+242%$6,300 – $6,653
Virginia VA13$4,875+150%$313 – $11,595
Texas TX27$3,849+98%$3,849 – $4,435
New Jersey NJ32$3,786+95%$3,168 – $5,419
Florida FL12$2,873+48%$1,797 – $3,986
New York NY39$2,727+40%$825 – $3,448
Wisconsin WI31$2,331+20%$2,281 – $3,825
California CA37$2,212+14%$1,211 – $2,212
Minnesota MN27$2,151+11%$1,224 – $2,524
Washington WA18$2,146+10%$978 – $5,054
Pennsylvania PA27$2,094+8%$304 – $4,839
Ohio OH20$1,797−8%$825 – $9,762
Nebraska NE10$1,460−25%$705 – $1,591
Oregon OR16$1,368−30%$866 – $1,558
Illinois IL22$1,166−40%$737 – $3,470
Iowa IA26$1,148−41%$1,121 – $1,390
Michigan MI33$1,133−42%$933 – $3,072
Missouri MO14$836−57%$742 – $1,284
Oklahoma OK14$781−60%$781 – $5,835
Indiana IN10$691−65%$691 – $4,372
Kentucky KY10$691−65%$434 – $1,058
West Virginia WV10$518−73%$492 – $1,300
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not 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 $1,946.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care423$2,212$865 – $4,627
Children’s10fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access151$1,405$774 – $2,524
Ownership
For-profit58$3,079$865 – $8,381
Government112$1,460$963 – $3,387
Non-profit414$1,988$807 – $3,849
System affiliation
Part of a system439$2,212$836 – $4,195
Independent146$1,474$853 – $3,511

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,266
Median cash price$1,946
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

323 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,571 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,894; most fall between $788 and $3,849.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 323 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
$679$866$1,571$3,333$5,618

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($679 vs $5,618).

Of the 373 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 323 gave a usable cash price; 23 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 27 a list price only.

How complete is this

585 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (15%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 653 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted585
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here48
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded18
Hospitals that filed this code653

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 Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Exc Tumor Soft Tissue Leg/Ankle Subfascial <5cm.

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 a deep tumor in the leg or ankle, under 5 cm (CPT 27619) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-27619-removal-of-a-deep-tumor-in-the-leg-or-ankle-under-5-cm