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Strengthening A Weakened Thigh Bone

Idaho 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?

$7,243

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,243 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,995 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,995$1,698 to $2,291
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$2,818 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $10,965Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $2,455
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,248professional $1,995

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
$4,365.16
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,778.28
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,691.53
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$12,589.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,691.53
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,000.00
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,398.83
23 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
$724.44
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$18,197.01
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$302.00
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 14th of 51

$7,243

$1,995 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.