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Below-Knee Amputation With Immediate Cast

North Dakota 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?

$4,097

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,097 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,585 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,585$1,349 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$851 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $851 to $5,370Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $891 to $2,042
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,512professional $1,585

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,370.32
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,698.24
2 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
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 30th of 51

$4,097

$1,585 physician + $2,512 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.