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Reinforcing A Weak Hip Before It Breaks

Iowa rates for HCPCS 27187

Strengthens a weakened upper thigh bone at the hip with metal hardware such as a nail, pins, plate, or wires, sometimes packed with bone cement. It is done before a break happens, when the bone has been thinned by a tumor deposit or another disease and is at high risk of giving way. Fixing it in advance avoids the far harder problem of treating a break that has already occurred.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Reinforcing A Weak Hip Before It Breaks cost?

$4,467

Typical facility fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,467 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,042 to $6,761.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $11,749Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $933 to $4,074
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $1,778

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
$1,548.82
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$9,772.37
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$19,054.61

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 15.1 times more in Maine than in North Dakota. 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.

Iowa· 24th of 50

$4,467

ME $14,791ND $977

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.