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Complicated Removal of a Hip Replacement

Utah 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?

$5,422

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,422 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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$851$245 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$3,162 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $8,128Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $112 to $1,514
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $851

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
$2,290.87
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,290.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,230.27
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,079.46
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,344.23
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,019.95
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,754.23
7 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
$912.01
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$10,715.19

Where Utah 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

Utah· 25th of 51

$5,422

$851 physician + $4,571 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.