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Setting A Broken Upper Thighbone Without Surgery

Minnesota 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?

$2,959

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,959 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,514 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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$1,514$1,122 to $2,089
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$851 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $708 to $3,981Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $708 to $2,818
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,445professional $1,514

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
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$6,025.60
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,951.21
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,884.03
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,818.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,754.23
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$75.86

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 15th of 51

$2,959

$1,514 physician + $1,445 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.