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Strengthening A Weakened Thigh Bone

Oregon 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?

$4,277

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,277 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,089 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,089$1,585 to $2,291
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$1,905 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $11,482Professionalmedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $3,090
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,188professional $2,089

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
$1,949.84
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$24,547.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,090.30
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,754.23
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$19,952.62
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,570.40
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,290.87
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$12,022.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$29,512.09
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,311.31
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
$645.65
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 46th of 51

$4,277

$2,089 physician + $2,188 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.