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Kneecap Fracture Treatment, No Resetting

Massachusetts 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?

$490

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $468 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 9 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$468$347 to $759
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$380 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $316 to $3,467Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $295 to $955
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,000professional $468

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
$275.42
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$933.25
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$19,498.45
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$933.25
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$660.69
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$954.99
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$19,498.45
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$977.24

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 12th of 51

$490

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.