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Below-Knee Amputation With Immediate Cast

Wisconsin 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?

$8,595

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,595 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,138 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,457 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,138$1,318 to $3,802
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,457$3,236 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $14,454Professionalmedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $813 to $5,888
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,457professional $2,138

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
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$8,128.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$11,481.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$6,309.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$9,549.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,023.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,715.35
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$14,454.40
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,454.71
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,715.35
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,548.82
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$389.05
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$15,135.61
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,165.95
Network Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$17,378.01
Network Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,454.71
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,778.28
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,467.37
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,570.88
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,862.09
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,073.80
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
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$5,623.41
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,230.27
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,949.84
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$489.78
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,041.74
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$389.05
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$389.05

Where Wisconsin 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

Wisconsin· 3rd of 51

$8,595

$2,138 physician + $6,457 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.