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Amputation Through The Thighbone

Maine 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?

$3,884

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,884 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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$1,000$891 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$2,291 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $708 to $7,244Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $776 to $1,479
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $1,000

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,380.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,479.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,238.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$933.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$239.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,584.89
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$10,232.93
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,380.38
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,348.96
12 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
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83

Where Maine 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

Maine· 39th of 51

$3,884

$1,000 physician + $2,884 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.