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Strengthening A Weakened Thigh Bone

Minnesota 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?

$5,580

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,580 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,344 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$2,344$1,698 to $3,236
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,950 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $8,710Professionalmedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $4,266
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $2,344

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
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$11,748.98
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,677.35
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,570.88
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$9,120.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,073.80
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$10,964.78
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 32nd of 51

$5,580

$2,344 physician + $3,236 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.