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Setting a Broken Thighbone Without Surgery

Missouri 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?

$2,555

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,555 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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$933$813 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$933 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $447 to $4,898Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $708 to $2,138
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,622professional $933

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
$1,548.82
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,479.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,258.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,513.56
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
$380.19
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$588.84

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 24th of 51

$2,555

$933 physician + $1,622 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.