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Below-Knee Amputation With Immediate Cast

Connecticut 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?

$7,628

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,628 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,310 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$1,318$1,148 to $1,698
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,310$3,311 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $12,589Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $794 to $2,089
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,310professional $1,318

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
$4,365.16
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$13,803.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,041.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,019.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$323.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,949.84
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,344.23
6 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
$457.09
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 5th of 51

$7,628

$1,318 physician + $6,310 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.