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Amputation Through The Thighbone

South Carolina 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?

$4,355

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,355 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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$724$427 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$1,905 to $20,893

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $28,840Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $105 to $1,148
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $3,631professional $724

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
$891.25
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$35,481.34
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,318.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$28,840.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$831.76
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
$389.05
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$707.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$281.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$199.53
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$199.53
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$199.53

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 32nd of 51

$4,355

$724 physician + $3,631 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.