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Reinforcing A Weak Hip Before It Breaks

North Carolina 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?

$3,715

Typical facility fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,715 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,318 to $6,918.

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 $3,715 · 10th to 90th $977 to $10,471Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $2,291
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $1,698

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,290.87
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$23,442.29
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$30,199.52
Typical High
$30,199.52
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 29th of 50

$3,715

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.