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Nonsurgical Care of Thigh Bone Break at Knee

Massachusetts 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 October 2026.

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

$1,407

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,407 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $575 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$832$646 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$575$389 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $129 to $2,399Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $479 to $2,291
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $575professional $832

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
$1,380.38
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,380.38
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,348.96
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$933.25
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,818.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,659.59
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,290.87
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$870.96
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$467.74
8 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
$229.09
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,238.72
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$338.84

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in Connecticut than in Florida. 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

Massachusetts· 20th of 51

$1,407

$832 physician + $575 facility

CT $3,486FL $668

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.