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Setting a Broken Thighbone Without Surgery

Iowa 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?

$3,090

Typical facility fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,090 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,660 to $4,786.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $6,761Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $724 to $2,692
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $1,479

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
$1,202.26
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,818.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,495.41

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 19th of 51

$3,090

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.