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Strengthening A Weakened Thigh Bone

Kansas 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?

$5,679

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,679 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,698 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,698$1,318 to $1,950
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$1,738 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $813 to $9,550Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $8,318
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $1,698

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
$2,041.74
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$9,332.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,862.09
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
$707.95
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 29th of 51

$5,679

$1,698 physician + $3,981 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.