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Below-Knee Amputation With Immediate Cast

Ohio 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?

$2,626

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,626 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 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$676$257 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$1,047 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $661 to $10,233Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $89 to $1,096
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $676

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
$1,000.00
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$13,803.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$7,585.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,412.54
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,621.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$891.25
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,000.00
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
10 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
$407.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,905.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$891.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$691.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$199.53

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 50th of 51

$2,626

$676 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.