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Setting a Broken Thighbone Without Surgery

Kentucky 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?

$2,207

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,207 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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$794$676 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$794 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $617 to $3,981Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,230
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,413professional $794

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
$645.65
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,174.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,737.80
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,412.54
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$5,248.07
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,348.96
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
$323.59
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$660.69

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 35th of 51

$2,207

$794 physician + $1,413 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.