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Wide Removal Of Tumor From Hip And Pelvis Bone

Utah 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?

$7,122

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,122 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 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$1,096$331 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$4,169 to $17,783

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $2,754 to $26,303Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $170 to $1,905
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $6,026professional $1,096

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
$2,754.23
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,884.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,548.82
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20,417.38
Median
$25,118.86
Typical High
$37,153.52
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,019.95
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,890.45
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,548.13
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
$1,174.90
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$30,199.52
Median
$38,018.94
Typical High
$54,954.09

Where Utah 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

Utah· 23rd of 51

$7,122

$1,096 physician + $6,026 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.