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Below-Knee Amputation

Alaska 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 October 2026.

How much does Below-Knee Amputation cost?

$13,181

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13,181 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,631 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,550 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,631$1,660 to $3,715
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,550$6,607 to $15,136

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,550 · 10th to 90th $4,365 to $16,982Professionalmedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $871 to $4,677
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $9,550professional $3,631

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
$4,365.16
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$28,840.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,019.95
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$12,882.50
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,248.07
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$28,840.32
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,011.87

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in Alaska 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

Alaska· 1st of 51

$13,181

$3,631 physician + $9,550 facility

AK $13,181KY $2,379

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.