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Below-Knee Amputation With Immediate Cast

New Mexico 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?

$3,752

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,752 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,122 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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$1,122$1,000 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,288 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $603 to $10,715Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $741 to $1,549
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,630professional $1,122

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
$1,000.00
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,513.56
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,230.27
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,754.23
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,584.89
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
$407.38
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 38th of 51

$3,752

$1,122 physician + $2,630 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.