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Setting a Broken Thighbone Without Surgery

Washington 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 July 2026.

How much does Setting a Broken Thighbone Without Surgery cost?

$1,738

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,738 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,096 to $4,786.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $912 to $8,710
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,738

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$17,782.79
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,479.11
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$8,912.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,398.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,290.87
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,047.13
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,120.11

Where Washington sits

The same service costs 17.8 times more in Maine than in North Dakota. 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.

Washington· 34th of 51

$1,738

ME $13,490ND $759

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.