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Strengthening A Weakened Thigh Bone

Arkansas 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?

$3,861

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,861 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,349 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,349$1,175 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,820 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $7,079Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $1,950
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $1,349

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
$1,174.90
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,089.30
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
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 49th of 51

$3,861

$1,349 physician + $2,512 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.