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Wide Removal of a Lower Leg or Ankle Tumor

Nebraska 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?

$4,758

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,758 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,570 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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$1,862 to $2,951
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$1,738 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $8,128Professionalmedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $3,890
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,188professional $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
$4,365.16
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$12,589.25
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,951.21
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$6,760.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$9,120.11
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,801.89
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,290.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,467.37
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
$851.14
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 14th of 51

$4,758

$2,570 physician + $2,188 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.