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Setting a Broken Thighbone Without Surgery

Minnesota 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?

$3,098

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,098 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,585 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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$1,585$1,148 to $2,138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$759 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $479 to $3,981Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $741 to $2,884
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $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
$478.63
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,165.95
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,090.30
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,019.95
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,951.21
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,754.23
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$10,715.19
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,890.45

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 11th of 51

$3,098

$1,585 physician + $1,514 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.