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Nonsurgical Care of Thigh Bone Break at Knee

Rhode Island 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?

$1,082

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,082 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $437 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$646$562 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$437$151 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $112 to $3,890Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $457 to $912
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $437professional $646

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
$2,089.30
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$912.01
3 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
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 37th of 51

$1,082

$646 physician + $437 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.