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Amputation Through The Knee Joint

South Dakota rates for HCPCS 27598

Removes the lower leg at the knee joint itself, separating the shinbone from the thighbone rather than cutting through bone. The thighbone is left full length and the end is padded with muscle and skin. 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 Knee Joint cost?

$4,648

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,648 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,413 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$1,413$1,122 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$977 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $955 to $3,890Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $776 to $1,905
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,236professional $1,413

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
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$5,370.32
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
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
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,548.82
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,905.46
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in Oklahoma than in Kentucky. 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· 20th of 51

$4,648

$1,413 physician + $3,236 facility

OK $11,303KY $2,077

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.