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Revision of a Below-Knee Amputation

Alabama rates for HCPCS 27886

A second operation on a leg that has already been amputated below the knee, in which the end of the limb is opened and bone and soft tissue are trimmed back to healthy, well-covered levels. It is done when the original stump has failed to heal, has become infected, or is shaped so that it cannot take a prosthetic limb comfortably. The goal is a stump that heals soundly and tolerates a socket.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Revision of a Below-Knee Amputation cost?

$5,347

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,347 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$776$661 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$3,162 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $5,623Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $550 to $1,023
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $776

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
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,047.13
7 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
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$6,918.31

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 7.6 times more in Oklahoma than in Texas. 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

Alabama· 12th of 51

$5,347

$776 physician + $4,571 facility

OK $11,248TX $1,472

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.