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Setting a Broken Thighbone Without Surgery

California rates for HCPCS 27502

A broken shaft of the thighbone is realigned by moving and positioning the leg from the outside, without opening the skin. Traction — a steady pull applied through the skin or through a pin in the bone — may be used to hold the alignment while healing begins. No hardware is placed inside the bone.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Setting a Broken Thighbone Without Surgery cost?

$4,365

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,365 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,818 to $6,457.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $13,490Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $513 to $1,820
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $891

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
$2,398.83
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$18,197.01
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$3,467.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,882.50
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$8,709.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,187.76
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,174.90
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,041.74
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$28,840.32
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,549.93

Where California sits

The same service costs 17.8 times more in Maine than in North Dakota. 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.

California· 10th of 51

$4,365

ME $13,490ND $759

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.