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Kneecap Fracture Treatment, No Resetting

Kansas 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?

$427

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $427 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $417 from a physician practice, and about $1,660 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$417$316 to $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,660$490 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $389 to $7,586Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $282 to $513
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,660professional $417

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
$416.87
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$616.60
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$524.81

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 20th of 51

$427

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.