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Kneecap Fracture Treatment, No Resetting

Alabama rates for HCPCS 27520

Treatment of a broken kneecap (patella) without needing to manipulate or reset the bone because the fragments are already reasonably aligned. Care typically involves a brace or cast and restricted weight-bearing while the bone heals.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Kneecap Fracture Treatment, No Resetting cost?

$363

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $363 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $331 from a physician practice, and about $776 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$331$269 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$776$617 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $389 to $1,585Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $240 to $589
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $776professional $331

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$630.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$524.81

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Alaska than in Hawaii. 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.

Alabama· 34th of 51

$363

AK $871HI $316

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.