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Wide Removal of a Lower Leg or Ankle Tumor

Iowa 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?

$5,463

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,463 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,512 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,512$1,950 to $2,818
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$1,905 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $7,079Professionalmedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $3,631
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $2,512

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
$1,949.84
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,467.37
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,760.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$9,120.11
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,467.37
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,630.27
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,168.69
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,467.37
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,818.38
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
$851.14
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 7th of 51

$5,463

$2,512 physician + $2,951 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.