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Wide Removal of a Lower Leg or Ankle Tumor

Nevada 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?

$3,557

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,557 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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$1,318$1,175 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,318 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $5,495Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $2,042
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $2,239professional $1,318

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
$1,348.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,165.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,348.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,754.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,862.09
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,862.09
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$1,698.24
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
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
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$954.99

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 35th of 51

$3,557

$1,318 physician + $2,239 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.