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Setting a Broken Thighbone Without Surgery

Louisiana 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?

$2,148

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,148 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,148 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,000$851 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,148$724 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $457 to $2,884Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,318
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,148professional $1,000

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
$537.03
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,412.54
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
$478.63
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$891.25

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 37th of 51

$2,148

$1,000 physician + $1,148 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.