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Wide Removal of a Lower Leg or Ankle Tumor

Connecticut 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?

$7,366

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,366 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,995 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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$1,995$1,698 to $2,455
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$2,570 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $891 to $12,303Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $3,090
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,370professional $1,995

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$13,803.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,019.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$478.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,951.21
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,388.44
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 5th of 51

$7,366

$1,995 physician + $5,370 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.