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Setting A Broken Upper Thighbone Without Surgery

Rhode Island 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?

$2,413

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,413 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,000$871 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$891 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $676 to $4,898Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,318
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,413professional $1,000

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
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,412.54
3 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
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 25th of 51

$2,413

$1,000 physician + $1,413 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.