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Wide Removal of a Lower Leg or Ankle Tumor

Alaska rates for HCPCS 27616

Removes a soft-tissue tumor from the lower leg or ankle together with a surrounding cuff of healthy tissue, so the growth comes out without being cut into. Muscle, fascia, or other nearby tissue may be taken with it to get a clean edge. This is the aggressive removal used when a growth is, or may be, a sarcoma.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Wide Removal of a Lower Leg or Ankle Tumor cost?

$8,759

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,759 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,129 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$5,129$3,388 to $5,370
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$2,692 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $10,715Professionalmedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $6,310
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $5,129

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
$3,890.45
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,265.80
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,912.51
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,760.83
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,365.16
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$9,772.37
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,918.31

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Alaska than in Maryland. 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

Alaska· 1st of 51

$8,759

$5,129 physician + $3,631 facility

AK $8,759MD $2,608

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.