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Nonsurgical Care of Thigh Bone Break at Knee

Alabama rates for HCPCS 27501

Treatment without surgery of a break at the lower end of the thigh bone, just above or running into the knuckle-shaped end that forms the knee joint. The leg is supported in a cast, splint or brace and the position is followed with X-rays while the bone heals.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Nonsurgical Care of Thigh Bone Break at Knee cost?

$1,289

Typical total for the visit. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,289 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $776 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$513$437 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$776$646 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $389 to $1,660Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $407 to $977
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $776professional $513

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
$758.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$831.76

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 9.9 times more in New Jersey than in Maryland. 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

Alabama· 43rd of 49

$1,289

$513 physician + $776 facility

NJ $6,413MD $648

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.