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Partial Hip Replacement

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 27125

Replaces the ball at the top of the thigh bone with a metal implant while leaving the natural hip socket in place. It is most often used after a broken hip in an older person, where the blood supply to the ball has been lost and the bone will not heal. Standing and walking usually begin within a day or two.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Partial Hip Replacement cost?

$8,103

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,103 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,079 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$1,023$479 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,079$3,890 to $17,783

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $27,542Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $155 to $1,862
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $7,079professional $1,023

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
$1,288.25
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$27,542.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$15,488.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$27,542.29
Typical High
$27,542.29
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,089.30
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,905.46
12 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
$549.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$416.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$288.40
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$288.40
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$288.40

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 10.4 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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

South Carolina· 21st of 51

$8,103

$1,023 physician + $7,079 facility

AK $29,118KY $2,808

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.