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Bone Grafting Procedure On The Thighbone

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 27170

This procedure adds bone graft material to a weakened or slow-healing area of the thighbone (femur) to support healing and help the bone regain strength. It is used when the femur needs additional bone material, such as after a fracture, surgery, or other bone defect.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Bone Grafting Procedure On The Thighbone cost?

$5,914

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,914 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,549 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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$1,549$1,318 to $1,905
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$2,399 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $12,303Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $2,042
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,365professional $1,549

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
$724.44
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$13,489.63
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$7,585.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,187.76
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
$741.31
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 5.5 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

Louisiana· 26th of 51

$5,914

$1,549 physician + $4,365 facility

AK $14,559TX $2,668

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.