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Setting a Broken Thighbone Without Surgery

West Virginia 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?

$2,096

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,096 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,096 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,000$741 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,096$661 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $537 to $2,344Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $617 to $2,138
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,096professional $1,000

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$851.14
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,862.09
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
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81

Where West Virginia 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

West Virginia· 40th of 51

$2,096

$1,000 physician + $1,096 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.