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Amputation Through The Thighbone

Alaska rates for HCPCS 27590

Removes the leg by cutting through the thighbone above the knee, at whatever level gives healthy, well-supplied tissue. Muscle and skin are shaped over the cut end to form a padded stump that can tolerate a prosthesis. It is done for severe infection, injury, tumor, or a limb whose blood supply cannot be restored.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Amputation Through The Thighbone cost?

$9,769

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,769 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,162 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,607 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$3,162$1,950 to $3,162
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,607$4,074 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,607 · 10th to 90th $3,548 to $16,596Professionalmedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $776 to $3,802
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,607professional $3,162

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,168.69
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$12,882.50
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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

Alaska· 1st of 51

$9,769

$3,162 physician + $6,607 facility

AK $9,769TX $2,271

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.