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Setting A Broken Upper Thighbone Without Surgery

Pennsylvania 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?

$1,830

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,830 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,072 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$759$741 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,072$661 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $490 to $5,129Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,318
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,072professional $759

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
$2,454.71
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$537.03
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,445.44
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,584.89
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,659.59
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,244.36
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$758.58
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$537.03
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,981.07
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,230.27
11 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
$363.08
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$75.86
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,187.76
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$380.19
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$154.88
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$575.44
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$114.82
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$75.86

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 44th of 51

$1,830

$759 physician + $1,072 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.