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Wide Removal of a Lower Leg or Ankle Tumor

Mississippi 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?

$3,344

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,344 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,995 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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$1,995$1,202 to $2,692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$1,047 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $759 to $4,786Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $2,818
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,349professional $1,995

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
$707.95
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,570.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,691.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,238.72
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 37th of 51

$3,344

$1,995 physician + $1,349 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.