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Setting A Broken Upper Thighbone Without Surgery

Virginia 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?

$2,763

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,763 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$813$741 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$912 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $631 to $5,754Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,148
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $813

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
$4,365.16
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$933.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$977.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,479.11
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,174.90
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,096.48
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,801.89
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,348.96
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
$380.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 17th of 51

$2,763

$813 physician + $1,950 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.