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Wide Removal Of Tumor From Hip And Pelvis Bone

Iowa rates for HCPCS 27078

Removal of a bone tumor involving the sitting bone of the pelvis and the bony bump at the top of the thigh bone, taking a wide margin of healthy tissue around it. Taking a generous margin lowers the chance that the tumor returns in the same place. It is major surgery followed by a long rehabilitation to regain hip strength and walking.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Wide Removal Of Tumor From Hip And Pelvis Bone cost?

$9,386

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,386 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,890 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,495 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,890$2,630 to $4,571
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,495$3,890 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $13,490Professionalmedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $5,623
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,495professional $3,890

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
$3,162.28
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$5,623.41
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$9,772.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$15,135.61
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$5,623.41
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$7,762.47
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,495.41
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,466.84
6 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
$933.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 4.9 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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

Iowa· 8th of 51

$9,386

$3,890 physician + $5,495 facility

AK $18,090KY $3,723

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.