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Procedure price report · Amputation of lower extremity

Repeat amputation of the thigh

CPT 27596the billing code this page is about

A second operation that removes more of the thigh at a higher level through the thigh bone after an earlier amputation.

Hospitals typically charge $2,019 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 368 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,405. Most fall between $1,167 and $4,881 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
368
States
46
Filings dated
Jan 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 368 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$902$1,238$2,019$4,084$7,969

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($902 vs $7,969).

How the prices are spread

$703 – $919: 19 hospitals$703$919 – $1,202: 50 hospitals$1,202 – $1,571: 34 hospitals$1,202$1,571 – $2,055: 68 hospitals$2,055 – $2,687: 27 hospitals$2,055$2,687 – $3,514: 36 hospitals$3,514 – $4,595: 36 hospitals$3,514$4,595 – $6,009: 28 hospitals$6,009 – $7,858: 7 hospitals$6,009$7,858 – $10,276: 27 hospitals$7,858median $2,019price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (332 of 368 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$703$91919
$919$1,20250
$1,202$1,57134
$1,571$2,05568
$2,055$2,68727
$2,687$3,51436
$3,514$4,59536
$4,595$6,00928
$6,009$7,8587
$7,858$10,27627

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$2,019
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.60×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,019.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $4,167 across 18 hospitalsMN$4,167Illinois: median $1,238 across 17 hospitalsIL$1,238Wisconsin: median $3,677 across 29 hospitalsWI$3,677Michigan: median $1,664 across 30 hospitalsMI$1,664New York: median $3,343 across 27 hospitalsNY$3,343Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: median $1,301 across 11 hospitalsOR$1,301Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,747 across 18 hospitalsIA$1,747Indiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,016 across 15 hospitalsOH$2,016Pennsylvania: median $538 across 17 hospitalsPA$538New Jersey: median $4,881 across 14 hospitalsNJ$4,881Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $1,794 across 11 hospitalsCA$1,794Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,167 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,167Louisiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $7,906 across 10 hospitalsGA$7,906Hawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,019. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA10$7,906+292%$1,237 – $7,906
New Jersey NJ14$4,881+142%$3,986 – $5,855
Minnesota MN18$4,167+106%$1,727 – $4,889
Wisconsin WI29$3,677+82%$3,443 – $7,969
New York NY27$3,343+66%$1,163 – $9,262
Ohio OH15$2,0160%$1,251 – $2,935
California CA11$1,794−11%$1,164 – $2,050
Iowa IA18$1,747−13%$1,747 – $1,762
Michigan MI30$1,664−18%$1,594 – $3,677
Oregon OR11$1,301−36%$1,301 – $2,326
Illinois IL17$1,238−39%$1,062 – $1,891
Oklahoma OK13$1,167−42%$1,167 – $8,467
Pennsylvania PA17$538−73%$438 – $4,772
Missouri MO9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $2,019.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care273$2,001$1,164 – $4,889
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access86$2,424$1,407 – $4,462
Ownership
For-profit25$2,527$1,062 – $8,979
Government71$2,021$1,237 – $3,382
Non-profit271$2,001$1,167 – $4,627
System affiliation
Part of a system274$2,234$1,167 – $4,908
Independent94$1,800$1,168 – $3,362

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,461
Median cash price$2,019
Cash as a share of list, median hospital70%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 30%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

220 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,747 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,958; most fall between $1,062 and $3,677.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 220 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$726$1,163$1,747$3,294$7,906

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($726 vs $7,906).

Of the 252 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 220 gave a usable cash price; 17 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 15 a list price only.

How complete is this

368 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (9%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 428 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted368
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here38
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded20
Hospitals that filed this code428

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Amputation of lower extremity family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Amputation Thigh Through Femur Re-Amputation.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Repeat amputation of the thigh (CPT 27596) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-27596-repeat-amputation-of-the-thigh