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Wide Removal of a Lower Leg or Ankle Tumor

Texas 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?

$3,030

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,030 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $275 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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 11 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$275$126 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$1,660 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $6,761Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $41 to $1,413
$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $275

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
$1,148.15
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,584.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,089.30
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,949.84
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$10,000.00
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,918.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,584.89
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$1,047.13
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$11,748.98
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
4 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
$794.33
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$933.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$977.24
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$912.01

Where Texas 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

Texas· 42nd of 51

$3,030

$275 physician + $2,754 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.