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Below-Knee Amputation With Immediate Cast

Minnesota 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?

$4,582

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,582 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,698 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,698$1,259 to $2,291
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,380 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $794 to $8,913Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $794 to $3,090
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $1,698

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
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,302.69
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,311.31
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,235.94
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$9,332.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,162.28
12 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$21,379.62
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 20th of 51

$4,582

$1,698 physician + $2,884 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.