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Wide Removal of a Lower Leg or Ankle Tumor

Florida 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?

$2,905

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,905 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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$955$676 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$1,175 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $871 to $10,000Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $148 to $1,585
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $955

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
$776.25
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,513.56
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$11,748.98
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,995.26
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$11,748.98
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,412.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,187.76
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
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
$812.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$954.99

Where Florida 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

Florida· 46th of 51

$2,905

$955 physician + $1,950 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.