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Strengthening A Weakened Thigh Bone

Virginia 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?

$7,013

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,013 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,259 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,754 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$1,259$1,122 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,754$2,138 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $15,488Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $1,778
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,754professional $1,259

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
$5,495.41
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,949.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,513.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,290.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$954.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$245.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$213.80
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,332.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,778.28
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,737.80
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$10,715.19
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,041.74
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
$588.84
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 16th of 51

$7,013

$1,259 physician + $5,754 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.