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Setting A Broken Upper Thighbone Without Surgery

Maine 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?

$2,192

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,192 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$933$851 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$977 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $708 to $2,291Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,380
$1K$2Kfacility $1,259professional $933

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,479.11
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,584.89
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
12 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
$380.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69

Where Maine 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

Maine· 36th of 51

$2,192

$933 physician + $1,259 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.