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Strengthening A Weakened Thigh Bone

Louisiana 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?

$5,844

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,844 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,479 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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$1,479$1,259 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$1,995 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $912 to $12,882Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $1,950
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,365professional $1,479

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
$724.44
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$15,488.17
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,089.30
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
$707.95
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 27th of 51

$5,844

$1,479 physician + $4,365 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.