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Setting a Broken Thighbone Without Surgery

North Carolina 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?

$2,502

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,502 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,380 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,122 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$1,380$1,000 to $1,622
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,122$724 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $513 to $3,467Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $776 to $2,089
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,122professional $1,380

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
$741.31
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,819.70
10 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
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$602.56
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,818.38
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$933.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$891.25

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 25th of 51

$2,502

$1,380 physician + $1,122 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.