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Below-Knee Amputation With Immediate Cast

Florida 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?

$3,337

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,337 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$646$427 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,622 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $14,454Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $89 to $1,047
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,692professional $646

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
$741.31
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$933.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$11,748.98
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,348.96
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,479.11
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$794.33
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
$371.54
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$645.65

Where Florida 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

Florida· 40th of 51

$3,337

$646 physician + $2,692 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.