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Femoral Neck Fixation For Slipped Growth Plate

Alabama rates for HCPCS 27177

Surgical stabilization of the growth plate at the top of the thighbone, performed in a growing child or teenager whose growth plate has partially slipped out of its normal position. Pins or a bone graft are placed across the growth plate to hold it in place and help prevent further slipping.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Femoral Neck Fixation For Slipped Growth Plate cost?

$1,698

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,698 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,148 from a physician practice, and about $4,677 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,148$1,000 to $1,778
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,677$1,660 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $7,413Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $912 to $2,138
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,677professional $1,148

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$7,585.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 6.3 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Alabama· 20th of 51

$1,698

CA $7,079DE $1,122

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.