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Below-Knee Amputation With Immediate Cast

Oregon 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?

$3,244

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,244 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,585 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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$1,585$1,175 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$1,445 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $4,571Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $813 to $2,239
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,660professional $1,585

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
$5,128.61
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$19,952.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,238.72
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,995.26
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$7,943.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,995.26
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,698.24
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,981.07
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,290.87
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$29,512.09
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,570.40
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 45th of 51

$3,244

$1,585 physician + $1,660 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.