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Below-Knee Amputation

Washington 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?

$2,089

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,089 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,259 to $7,586.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $34,674
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50K$100Kfacility $2,089

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
$1,122.02
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$18,620.87
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36,307.81
Median
$53,703.18
Typical High
$91,201.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$870.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$9,549.93
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,778.28
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,230.27
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36,307.81
Median
$48,977.88
Typical High
$91,201.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$41,686.94

Where Washington sits

The same service costs 16.6 times more in Maine than in North Dakota. 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.

Washington· 36th of 50

$2,089

ME $14,791ND $891

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.