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Complicated Removal of a Hip Replacement

Massachusetts 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?

$4,650

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,650 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,512 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,138 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,512$1,862 to $4,074
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,138$1,585 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $5,754Professionalmedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $11,482
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,138professional $2,512

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
$2,089.30
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$4,466.84
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,754.40
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,481.54
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$13,182.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,168.69
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,398.83
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,754.40
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,754.40
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$17,782.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$7,079.46
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,454.71
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,548.82
9 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
$2,238.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,388.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$645.65

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 35th of 51

$4,650

$2,512 physician + $2,138 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.