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Removal Of An Inflamed Bursa Near The Sit Bone

Alabama rates for HCPCS 27060

This procedure surgically removes a bursa — a small fluid-filled sac that normally cushions and reduces friction — located over the ischium, the bone you sit on. It's done when the bursa has become chronically inflamed and painful, a condition sometimes called ischial bursitis, and hasn't improved with rest, padding, or injections. The area is closed with stitches after the bursa is removed.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of An Inflamed Bursa Near The Sit Bone cost?

$5,561

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,561 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$550$457 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$2,138 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $891 to $5,012Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $389 to $759
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,012professional $550

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
$891.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,011.87
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$741.31
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
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$7,585.78

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 6.1 times more in Alaska than in Montana. 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

$5,561

$550 physician + $5,012 facility

AK $9,194MT $1,518

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.