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Complicated Removal of a Hip Replacement

Kentucky 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?

$3,281

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,281 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,622 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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$1,622$1,380 to $2,239
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$977 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $692 to $7,943Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $2,512
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $1,622

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
$794.33
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,995.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,290.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,388.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,445.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$363.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$316.23
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,344.23
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$9,120.11
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,818.38
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
$676.08
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 48th of 51

$3,281

$1,622 physician + $1,660 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.