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Wide Removal of a Lower Leg or Ankle Tumor

Rhode Island 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?

$4,042

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,042 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,698 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,698$1,479 to $2,239
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$1,413 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $871 to $5,888Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $2,291
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,344professional $1,698

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
$2,398.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,398.83
1 more rate 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
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 26th of 51

$4,042

$1,698 physician + $2,344 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.