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Below-Knee Amputation With Immediate Cast

Alabama rates for HCPCS 27881

Removes the leg through the two bones of the lower leg, below the knee, shaping a stump that can later carry an artificial limb. A rigid cast is applied straight away in the operating room to control swelling, protect the stump and allow early fitting of a prosthesis. Keeping the knee joint makes walking with an artificial limb considerably easier.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Below-Knee Amputation With Immediate Cast cost?

$11,256

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,256 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,233 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,023$871 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,233$3,162 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,233 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $10,233Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,318
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $10,233professional $1,023

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$10,232.93
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,380.38
7 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$15,135.61
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$15,488.17

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.0 times more in Alabama 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

Alabama· 1st of 51

$11,256

$1,023 physician + $10,233 facility

AL $11,256KY $2,261

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.