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Complicated Removal of a Hip Replacement

New Mexico 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?

$4,462

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,462 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,950 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$1,950$1,738 to $2,344
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,349 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $646 to $10,965Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $2,754
$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $1,950

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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$10,964.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,754.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$2,290.87
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$11,481.54
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,884.03
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
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 38th of 51

$4,462

$1,950 physician + $2,512 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.