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Strengthening A Weakened Thigh Bone

South Dakota 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?

$5,475

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,475 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,239 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,239$1,738 to $2,630
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,585 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $4,898Professionalmedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $3,090
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,236professional $2,239

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$8,317.64
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$7,943.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,454.71
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,090.30
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,630.27

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 34th of 51

$5,475

$2,239 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.