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Procedure price report · Amputation of lower extremity

Wound closure or scar revision after below-knee amputation

CPT 27884the billing code this page is about

A later operation to close the stump or revise the scar following an earlier below-knee amputation.

Hospitals typically charge $2,129 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 431 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,303. Most fall between $1,000 and $4,602 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
431
States
47
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – 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 431 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
$667$1,062$2,129$4,176$7,795

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($667 vs $7,795).

How the prices are spread

$580 – $764: 36 hospitals$580$764 – $1,006: 31 hospitals$1,006 – $1,325: 63 hospitals$1,006$1,325 – $1,745: 46 hospitals$1,745 – $2,298: 44 hospitals$1,745$2,298 – $3,027: 33 hospitals$3,027 – $3,986: 42 hospitals$3,027$3,986 – $5,250: 49 hospitals$5,250 – $6,914: 18 hospitals$5,250$6,914 – $9,106: 32 hospitals$6,914median $2,129price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (394 of 431 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$580$76436
$764$1,00631
$1,006$1,32563
$1,325$1,74546
$1,745$2,29844
$2,298$3,02733
$3,027$3,98642
$3,986$5,25049
$5,250$6,91418
$6,914$9,10632

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$2,129
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.64×

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 $2,129.

Alaska: 2 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: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,192 across 10 hospitalsWA$1,192Idaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,594 across 16 hospitalsMN$2,594Illinois: median $1,108 across 16 hospitalsIL$1,108Wisconsin: median $2,755 across 30 hospitalsWI$2,755Michigan: median $1,046 across 27 hospitalsMI$1,046New York: median $3,840 across 30 hospitalsNY$3,840Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,063 across 11 hospitalsOR$1,063Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,401 across 19 hospitalsIA$1,401Indiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,278 across 15 hospitalsOH$2,278Pennsylvania: median $1,269 across 22 hospitalsPA$1,269New Jersey: median $3,986 across 24 hospitalsNJ$3,986Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $9,106 across 33 hospitalsCA$9,106Utah: 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: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $643 across 10 hospitalsWV$643Virginia: 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: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $1,000 across 10 hospitalsTN$1,000North Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,208 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,208Louisiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,176 across 22 hospitalsTX$4,176Florida: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,129. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA33$9,106+328%$1,225 – $9,106
Texas TX22$4,176+96%$2,653 – $4,176
New Jersey NJ24$3,986+87%$3,591 – $5,741
New York NY30$3,840+80%$922 – $3,840
Wisconsin WI30$2,755+29%$2,172 – $4,648
Minnesota MN16$2,594+22%$1,570 – $2,827
Ohio OH15$2,278+7%$990 – $3,041
Iowa IA19$1,401−34%$1,344 – $1,604
Pennsylvania PA22$1,269−40%$374 – $5,486
Oklahoma OK13$1,208−43%$1,208 – $6,171
Washington WA10$1,192−44%$1,009 – $1,977
Illinois IL16$1,108−48%$667 – $1,425
Oregon OR11$1,063−50%$1,063 – $1,886
Michigan MI27$1,046−51%$1,046 – $2,172
Tennessee TN10$1,000−53%$631 – $4,602
West Virginia WV10$643−70%$632 – $4,608
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $2,129.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care334$2,172$1,001 – $4,666
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access87$1,886$987 – $2,960
Ownership
For-profit40$2,849$737 – $5,299
Government69$1,524$1,009 – $3,840
Non-profit321$2,172$1,000 – $4,648
System affiliation
Part of a system331$2,172$1,046 – $4,666
Independent100$1,425$893 – $3,220

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,091
Median cash price$2,129
Cash as a share of list, median hospital62%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 38%. 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

242 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,654 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,979; most fall between $911 and $4,608.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 242 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
$667$1,062$1,654$4,176$9,106

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($667 vs $9,106).

Of the 280 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 242 gave a usable cash price; 19 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 19 a list price only.

How complete is this

431 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (11%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 488 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted431
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here45
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded11
Hospitals that filed this code488

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 PR Amputation Low Leg,Second Closure.

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, “Wound closure or scar revision after below-knee amputation (CPT 27884) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-27884-wound-closure-or-scar-revision-after-below-knee-amputation