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Complicated Removal of a Hip Replacement

Virginia 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?

$6,245

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,245 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,778 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,778$1,585 to $1,995
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$1,862 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $10,715Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $2,512
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $1,778

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
$1,819.70
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,818.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,137.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,235.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,348.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$346.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$302.00
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,511.89
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,951.21
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,238.72
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,479.11
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
$831.76
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 19th of 51

$6,245

$1,778 physician + $4,467 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.