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Revision of a Below-Knee Amputation

Massachusetts 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?

$2,698

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,698 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,000$794 to $1,698
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$832 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $708 to $8,318Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $646 to $4,898
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,698professional $1,000

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
$912.01
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,862.09
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$14,454.40
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,659.59
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,000.00
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$11,220.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,905.46
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$14,454.40
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,884.03
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$977.24
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$660.69
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
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 46th of 51

$2,698

$1,000 physician + $1,698 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.