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Wide Removal of a Lower Leg or Ankle Tumor

New Hampshire 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?

$4,304

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,304 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,905 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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$1,905$1,660 to $2,399
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,738 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $6,310Professionalmedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $3,467
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $1,905

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,309.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,388.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,011.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$537.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,801.89
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,265.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,162.28
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
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
$977.24
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 21st of 51

$4,304

$1,905 physician + $2,399 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.