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Complicated Removal of a Hip Replacement

North Dakota 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?

$4,536

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,536 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,951 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,951$2,512 to $3,388
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$1,585 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $2,754Professionalmedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $3,890
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $2,951

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,801.89
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,786.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,162.28
2 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
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 36th of 51

$4,536

$2,951 physician + $1,585 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.