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Setting A Broken Upper Thighbone Without Surgery

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 27232

Puts a break at the upper end of the thighbone, near the hip joint, back into position by moving and pulling the leg from the outside, without any incision. Traction, a brace, or a cast may then be used to hold the alignment while the bone heals. X-rays confirm the position before and after the bone is set.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Setting A Broken Upper Thighbone Without Surgery cost?

$2,323

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,323 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,175 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,148 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,175$933 to $1,950
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,148$813 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $575 to $3,631Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $708 to $5,129
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,148professional $1,175

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
$1,318.26
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,187.76
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,630.78
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,905.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,148.15
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,128.61
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,187.76
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,630.78
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,162.28
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,122.02
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$741.31
7 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
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. 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

Massachusetts· 32nd of 51

$2,323

$1,175 physician + $1,148 facility

AK $6,582AL $1,537

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.