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Open Repair Of One Hip Socket Column

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 27227

Repairs a broken hip socket through an incision and holds the bone with internal hardware. One column of the socket is fixed, or a break that runs across it. Front and back column breaks are both covered.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Open Repair Of One Hip Socket Column cost?

$5,940

Typical total for the visit. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,940 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,138 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,138$1,862 to $2,692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$1,778 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $891 to $12,023Professionalmedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $2,884
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,802professional $2,138

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$15,488.17
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,019.95
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in Alaska 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Louisiana· 33rd of 51

$5,940

$2,138 physician + $3,802 facility

AK $16,761KY $3,604

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.