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Amputation Through The Thighbone

Indiana 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?

$7,143

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,143 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,166 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$977$794 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,166$2,399 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $16,982Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,514
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,166professional $977

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
$707.95
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$954.99
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$17,378.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,380.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,089.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$891.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$245.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$194.98
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$5,888.44
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$22,908.68
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,445.44
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
$331.13
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$575.44

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 7th of 51

$7,143

$977 physician + $6,166 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.