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Below-Knee Amputation With Immediate Cast

Iowa 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?

$5,246

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,246 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,778 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,778$1,349 to $1,950
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,995 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $977 to $2,399
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $1,778

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
$1,288.25
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,290.87
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$9,332.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$6,165.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,290.87
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,467.37
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,344.23
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,862.09
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
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 12th of 51

$5,246

$1,778 physician + $3,467 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.