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Follow-Up Surgery On An Above-Knee Amputation Stump

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 27594

A second operation on the stump left after a leg has been amputated through the thigh bone. The surgeon reopens the stump to close it properly, trim it back or revise the scar, so it heals soundly and can tolerate a prosthetic limb.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Follow-Up Surgery On An Above-Knee Amputation Stump cost?

$5,905

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,905 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,129 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 54 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$776$575 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,129$2,188 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $776 to $13,804Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,738
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,129professional $776

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$10,964.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$16,982.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$9,549.93

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 9.4 times more in California than in Maryland. 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

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CA $10,348MD $1,100

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.