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Surgery For A Slipped Hip Growth Plate

Alabama rates for HCPCS 27178

Treats a slipped growth plate at the top of the thigh bone, in which the ball of the hip joint has shifted off the neck of the bone where the growth plate lies. Surgery holds the hip in a better position so the slip cannot get worse and the joint can heal. It occurs mainly in growing adolescents and is treated promptly, because the blood supply to the ball of the hip is at risk.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Surgery For A Slipped Hip Growth Plate cost?

$1,479

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $955 from a physician practice, and about $5,129 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$955$832 to $1,479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,129$1,660 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $10,233Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $741 to $1,778
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,129professional $955

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
$741.31
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$11,748.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 6.9 times more in California 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.

Alabama· 18th of 51

$1,479

CA $6,166KY $891

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.