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Kneecap Fracture Treatment, No Resetting

Louisiana 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?

$417

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $417 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $380 from a physician practice, and about $1,000 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$380$309 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$398 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $331 to $3,467Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $282 to $617
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,000professional $380

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
$389.05
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$537.03
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$588.84

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 22nd of 51

$417

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.