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Strengthening A Weakened Thigh Bone

Washington 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 July 2026.

How much does Strengthening A Weakened Thigh Bone cost?

$2,754

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,754 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,698 to $12,882.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $21,380
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,754

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$19,952.62
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14,125.38
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$36,307.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$870.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$12,882.50
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,290.87
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,548.82
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14,125.38
Median
$19,054.61
Typical High
$35,481.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$41,686.94

Where Washington sits

The same service costs 13.2 times more in Maine than in North Dakota. 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.

Washington· 37th of 50

$2,754

ME $14,791ND $1,122

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.