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Strengthening A Weakened Thigh Bone

Utah 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?

$6,657

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,657 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 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$631$166 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$4,169 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $15,849Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $87 to $1,096
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $6,026professional $631

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
$1,584.89
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$9,772.37
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
$5,623.41
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,621.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$851.14
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$18,620.87
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,698.24
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,187.76
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,905.46
7 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
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
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
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$15,488.17
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$28,183.83

Where Utah 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

Utah· 19th of 51

$6,657

$631 physician + $6,026 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.