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Setting a Broken Thighbone Without Surgery

Illinois 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?

$2,675

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,675 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$977$813 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$1,096 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $708 to $4,677Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,549
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $977

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
$758.58
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$10,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,348.96
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,388.44
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,071.52
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
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
$354.81
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 19th of 51

$2,675

$977 physician + $1,698 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.