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Nonsurgical Care of Thigh Bone Break at Knee

Michigan 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?

$885

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $885 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $224 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$661$589 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$224$200 to $398

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $120 to $1,288Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,122
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $224professional $661

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
$645.65
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$891.25
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$707.95
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$660.69
13 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
$323.59
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,348.96
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$338.84
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$134.90
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$512.86
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$102.33
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$67.61
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$478.63

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 45th of 51

$885

$661 physician + $224 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.