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Below-Knee Amputation With Immediate Cast

New York 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?

$5,098

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,098 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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$832$741 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$2,138 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $10,715Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,413
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $832

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
$1,819.70
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,174.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,737.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$776.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$181.97
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$162.18
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,949.84
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,162.28
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,412.54
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,071.52
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,754.40
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,890.45
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,071.52
15 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
$446.68
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$645.65
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$912.01
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$239.88
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$114.82
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$794.33
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$660.69
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$851.14
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$436.52
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$204.17
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$794.33

Where New York 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 York· 14th of 51

$5,098

$832 physician + $4,266 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.