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Below-Knee Amputation With Immediate Cast

Virginia 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?

$5,504

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,504 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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$933$832 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$1,862 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $933 to $15,488Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $759 to $1,318
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,571professional $933

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
$977.24
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,698.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$707.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$181.97
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$158.49
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,380.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,089.30
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$10,715.19
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,548.82
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
$436.52
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 11th of 51

$5,504

$933 physician + $4,571 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.