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Wide Removal of a Lower Leg or Ankle Tumor

Hawaii 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?

$4,367

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,367 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,549 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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$1,549$1,514 to $1,862
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$2,512 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $4,467Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $30 to $2,089
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,818professional $1,549

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
$1,778.28
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,089.30
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,023.29
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$354.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where Hawaii 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

Hawaii· 19th of 51

$4,367

$1,549 physician + $2,818 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.