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Setting a Broken Thighbone Without Surgery

Delaware 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 October 2026.

How much does Setting a Broken Thighbone Without Surgery cost?

$1,592

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,592 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $851 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$741$692 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$851$617 to $1,514

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $501 to $2,399Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,202
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $851professional $741

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,380.38
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$9,120.11
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,096.48
6 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
$371.54
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$549.54

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. 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

Delaware· 49th of 51

$1,592

$741 physician + $851 facility

AK $5,545AL $1,558

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.