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Setting a Broken Thighbone Without Surgery

South 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?

$1,765

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,765 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,023 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$741$417 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,023$794 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $617 to $7,762Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $105 to $1,096
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,023professional $741

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
$870.96
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$7,762.47
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,288.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,288.25
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$676.08

Where South 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

South Carolina· 47th of 51

$1,765

$741 physician + $1,023 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.