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Unlisted Lower Leg Or Ankle Procedure

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 27899

An operation on the lower leg or ankle that has no standard named entry of its own. It is used when the surgery performed does not match any established description, so the surgeon submits a written report of exactly what was done.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Unlisted Lower Leg Or Ankle Procedure cost?

$1,738

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,738 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,000 from a physician practice, and about $3,802 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,000$30.20 to $1,096
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,802$550 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $302 to $21,878Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $30 to $3,802
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,802professional $1,000

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,801.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$42.66
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 35.5 times more in New Hampshire than in Wyoming. 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.

South Carolina· 30th of 50

$1,738

NH $8,913WY $251

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.