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Strengthening A Weakened Thigh Bone

Georgia 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?

$4,821

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,821 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,585 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$1,585$1,318 to $2,089
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,047 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $631 to $8,913Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $2,692
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,236professional $1,585

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
$1,202.26
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$18,197.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,090.30
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$10,232.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,570.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,073.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,698.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$436.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$7,585.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,951.21
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,698.24
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
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$912.01

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 39th of 51

$4,821

$1,585 physician + $3,236 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.