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Strengthening A Weakened Thigh Bone

Alaska rates for HCPCS 27495

Places metal such as a rod, plate, pins, or wires, sometimes together with bone cement, into the femur, the thigh bone, to support it before it breaks. It is used when a tumor or other disease has weakened the bone and a fracture looks likely.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Strengthening A Weakened Thigh Bone cost?

$14,343

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14,343 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,571 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,772 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$4,571$2,951 to $4,571
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,772$7,413 to $14,125

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,772 · 10th to 90th $4,266 to $22,909Professionalmedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $5,495
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $9,772professional $4,571

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$20,417.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$38,904.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,715.35
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$7,943.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$6,025.60
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,570.88
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$38,904.51
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,165.95

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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

Alaska· 1st of 51

$14,343

$4,571 physician + $9,772 facility

AK $14,343KY $2,808

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.