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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 October 2026.

How much does Setting a Broken Thighbone Without Surgery cost?

$3,580

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,580 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,585 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,585$1,175 to $1,862
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,349 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $955 to $5,248Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $851 to $2,138
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $1,585

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
$1,174.90
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,089.30
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$5,623.41
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,041.74
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,698.24
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,691.53
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,089.30
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,862.09
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
$346.74
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 6th of 51

$3,580

$1,585 physician + $1,995 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.