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Strengthening A Weakened Thigh Bone

Connecticut 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?

$10,290

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,290 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,778 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 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$1,778$1,514 to $2,188
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$5,012 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $13,490Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $2,754
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $1,778

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
$4,570.88
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,041.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$13,489.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,698.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$426.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,630.27
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,949.84
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,019.95
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
$588.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 5th of 51

$10,290

$1,778 physician + $8,511 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.