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Wide Removal of a Lower Leg or Ankle Tumor

South Carolina 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?

$3,198

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,198 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,202 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,202$741 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,380 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $977 to $10,715Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $162 to $2,042
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $1,202

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
$1,445.44
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$9,549.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,238.72
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,698.24
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,187.76
8 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
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,388.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$446.68
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$316.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$316.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$316.23

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 40th of 51

$3,198

$1,202 physician + $1,995 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.