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Amputation Through The Thighbone

Arizona 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?

$5,159

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,159 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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$794$708 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$1,820 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $10,965Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $708 to $5,754
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $794

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$831.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$10,232.93
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$11,220.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
6 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
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 20th of 51

$5,159

$794 physician + $4,365 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.