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Wide Removal of a Lower Leg or Ankle Tumor

Louisiana 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?

$4,414

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,414 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,660 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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$1,660$1,380 to $2,042
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$1,380 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $6,026Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $2,188
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $1,660

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
$741.31
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,244.36
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,344.23
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
$1,202.26
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 18th of 51

$4,414

$1,660 physician + $2,754 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.