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Strengthening A Weakened Thigh Bone

Kentucky 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 July 2026.

How much does Strengthening A Weakened Thigh Bone cost?

$7,244

Typical facility fee. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,244 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,202 to $10,471.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $891 to $11,220
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,244

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$17,378.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$12,302.69

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 13.2 times more in Maine than in North Dakota. 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.

Kentucky· 12th of 50

$7,244

ME $14,791ND $1,122

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.