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Strengthening A Weakened Thigh Bone

Maine 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?

$4,167

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,167 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,413 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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$1,413$1,318 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$2,692 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $708 to $8,913Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $2,138
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $1,413

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,041.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,187.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,235.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,380.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$346.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$8,912.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,290.87
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,079.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,995.26
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,905.46
12 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
$588.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Maine 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

Maine· 48th of 51

$4,167

$1,413 physician + $2,754 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.