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Below-Knee Amputation With Immediate Cast

Idaho 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?

$4,297

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,297 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,479 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,479$1,288 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$2,042 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $10,965Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $1,820
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,818professional $1,479

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
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,318.26
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,995.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,819.70
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$12,589.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,995.26
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$741.31
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
23 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
$537.03
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$18,197.01
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$218.78
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 26th of 51

$4,297

$1,479 physician + $2,818 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.