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Complicated Removal of a Hip Replacement

Arizona rates for HCPCS 27091

Takes out an artificial hip in a situation that makes removal difficult, such as cement that has to be chipped out of the thigh bone piece by piece without cracking it. A temporary spacer, often loaded with antibiotic, may be set into the empty joint to hold the space and treat infection until a new hip can be fitted. It is a longer and more demanding operation than a straightforward removal.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Complicated Removal of a Hip Replacement cost?

$4,500

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,500 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,549 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,549$1,445 to $2,138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$1,660 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $977 to $9,550Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $11,749
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,951professional $1,549

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
$977.24
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,584.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$10,232.93
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,888.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,344.23
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
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 6.3 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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

Arizona· 37th of 51

$4,500

$1,549 physician + $2,951 facility

AK $16,928TX $2,675

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.