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Wide Removal of a Lower Leg or Ankle Tumor

Oregon 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?

$4,743

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,743 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,344 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,344$1,778 to $2,570
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$2,089 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $7,943Professionalmedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $3,388
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $2,344

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
$5,128.61
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,388.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,090.30
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$17,378.01
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,884.03
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,511.89
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,467.37
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,467.37
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$11,220.18
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,801.89
5 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
$1,096.48
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$16,982.44

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 15th of 51

$4,743

$2,344 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.