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Setting A Broken Upper Thighbone Without Surgery

Nebraska 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?

$3,627

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,627 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,585 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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$1,585$1,230 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$1,122 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $794 to $7,244Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $912 to $5,370
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,042professional $1,585

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
$1,548.82
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$9,120.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,715.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,370.32
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,238.72
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,238.72
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,041.74
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
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$794.33

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 7th of 51

$3,627

$1,585 physician + $2,042 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.