go back

Nonsurgical Care of Thigh Bone Break at Knee

Louisiana 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?

$1,765

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,765 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,148 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$617$490 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,148$631 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $372 to $3,715Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $447 to $933
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,148professional $617

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
$645.65
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$831.76
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$954.99

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 34th of 49

$1,765

$617 physician + $1,148 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.