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Below-Knee Amputation With Immediate Cast

Tennessee 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?

$4,222

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,222 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,202 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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$1,202$933 to $2,042
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,738 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $8,318Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $759 to $6,607
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $1,202

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
$2,454.71
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,248.07
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,479.11
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,778.28
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
$371.54
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$776.25

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 28th of 51

$4,222

$1,202 physician + $3,020 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.