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Amputation Through The Thighbone

South Dakota 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?

$5,530

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,530 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,549 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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$1,549$1,175 to $1,862
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$1,072 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $4,786Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $832 to $2,138
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,981professional $1,549

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,786.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$5,754.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,630.27
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,737.80
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,137.96
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 16th of 51

$5,530

$1,549 physician + $3,981 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.