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Below-Knee Amputation

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 27880

Removes the lower leg through the two shin bones, leaving a stump below the knee that can later be fitted with an artificial limb. Muscle and skin flaps are shaped to pad the cut end of the bone and the wound is closed at the same operation. Keeping the knee joint makes walking with a prosthesis considerably easier.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Below-Knee Amputation cost?

$7,775

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,775 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,457 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 53 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,318$955 to $1,950
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,457$2,188 to $11,220

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $16,982Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $794 to $3,090
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $6,457professional $1,318

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
$954.99
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$17,782.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 4.3 times more in California than in Virginia. 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 $11,670VA $2,731

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.