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Wide Removal of a Lower Leg or Ankle Tumor

Missouri 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?

$4,231

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,231 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,413 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$1,413$1,230 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,514 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $6,761Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $3,090
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $1,413

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
$1,698.24
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,513.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,041.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,090.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$338.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$6,760.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,511.89
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
$794.33
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$977.24

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 23rd of 51

$4,231

$1,413 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.