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Reinforcing A Weak Hip Before It Breaks

South 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?

$11,220

Typical facility fee. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,220 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,660 to $21,380.

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 $11,220 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $25,119
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $11,220

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
$1,148.15
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$25,118.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$18,620.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$30,199.52

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 4th of 50

$11,220

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.