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Amputation Through The Thighbone

New York 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?

$5,060

Typical total for the visit. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,060 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$794$692 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$2,188 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $11,220Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,318
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,266professional $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
$1,819.70
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$933.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,621.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$691.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$173.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$151.36
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,819.70
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,019.95
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,318.26
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,000.00
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,754.40
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,905.46
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$3,715.35
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,000.00
15 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
$407.38
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$851.14
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$229.09
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$107.15
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$741.31
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$602.56
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$794.33
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$407.38
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$194.98
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$741.31

Where New York 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

New York· 24th of 51

$5,060

$794 physician + $4,266 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.