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Strengthening A Weakened Thigh Bone

Montana 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?

$3,557

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,557 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,778 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$1,778$1,175 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$1,778 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $7,943Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $955 to $1,905
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $1,778

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$16,982.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,041.74
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,905.46
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$16,982.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where Montana 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

Montana· 50th of 51

$3,557

$1,778 physician + $1,778 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.