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Complicated Removal of a Hip Replacement

Iowa 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?

$6,651

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,651 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,020 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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$3,020$2,512 to $3,631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$2,818 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $14,454Professionalmedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $4,467
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $3,020

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
$2,511.89
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$14,454.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,365.16
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,754.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$11,748.98
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,265.80
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$14,454.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$33,884.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,365.16
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,548.13
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
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 14th of 51

$6,651

$3,020 physician + $3,631 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.