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Amputation Through The Thighbone

Minnesota 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?

$4,040

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,040 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,585 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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$1,585$1,148 to $2,138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,288 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $724 to $7,586Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $724 to $2,884
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $1,585

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
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,709.64
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,090.30
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,019.95
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,884.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$11,481.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,884.03
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$10,964.78
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 38th of 51

$4,040

$1,585 physician + $2,455 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.