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Wide Removal of a Lower Leg or Ankle Tumor

Minnesota 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?

$5,262

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,262 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,570 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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$2,570$1,905 to $3,548
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,778 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $8,128Professionalmedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $4,786
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $2,570

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
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$13,803.84
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,388.44
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,128.61
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,011.87
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,786.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,677.35
4 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
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$19,054.61
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,309.57
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,630.27

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 10th of 51

$5,262

$2,570 physician + $2,692 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.