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Setting a Broken Thighbone Without Surgery

New Jersey 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?

$2,932

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,932 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,138 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$794$741 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,138$1,349 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $794 to $6,761Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $617 to $1,259
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,138professional $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
$794.33
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,621.81
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,456.54
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,096.48
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
$389.05
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 13th of 51

$2,932

$794 physician + $2,138 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.