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Strengthening A Weakened Thigh Bone

Florida 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?

$6,099

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,099 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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$851$603 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$3,020 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $14,454Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $132 to $1,380
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $851

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
$851.14
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$13,182.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,348.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$7,762.47
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$11,748.98
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,778.28
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,318.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,905.46
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,071.52
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
$467.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$831.76

Where Florida 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

Florida· 23rd of 51

$6,099

$851 physician + $5,248 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.