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Setting A Broken Upper Thighbone Without Surgery

Tennessee 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?

$2,372

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,372 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,023$813 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$813 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $575 to $2,884Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $661 to $6,026
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,349professional $1,023

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
$891.25
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,548.82
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
$323.59
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$660.69

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 30th of 51

$2,372

$1,023 physician + $1,349 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.