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Strengthening A Weakened Thigh Bone

Nebraska 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?

$9,317

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,317 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,399 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,399$1,698 to $2,692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$3,090 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $11,482Professionalmedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $8,318
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,918professional $2,399

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
$4,677.35
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,737.80
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$19,054.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$9,120.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,128.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$8,317.64
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,388.44
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$12,882.50
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,090.30
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
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 6th of 51

$9,317

$2,399 physician + $6,918 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.