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Amputation Through The Thighbone

Michigan 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?

$4,067

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,067 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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$1,047$977 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$3,020 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $8,128Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $832 to $1,660
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $1,047

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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,248.07
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,445.44
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,230.27
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,122.02
13 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
$501.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 37th of 51

$4,067

$1,047 physician + $3,020 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.