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Setting A Broken Upper Thighbone Without Surgery

South Carolina 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?

$2,293

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,293 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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$708$347 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$891 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $676 to $5,495Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $102 to $1,023
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $708

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
$831.76
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,388.44
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
8 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
$363.08
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$645.65

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 33rd of 51

$2,293

$708 physician + $1,585 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.