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Below-Knee Amputation With Immediate Cast

Massachusetts 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?

$3,299

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,299 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,349 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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$1,349$1,047 to $2,239
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$1,023 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $794 to $8,318Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $794 to $6,166
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,950professional $1,349

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
$2,511.89
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,511.89
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$14,454.40
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,137.96
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,230.27
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$11,220.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,398.83
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$14,454.40
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,715.35
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,288.25
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$870.96
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
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 43rd of 51

$3,299

$1,349 physician + $1,950 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.