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Kneecap Fracture Treatment, No Resetting

North Dakota 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?

$603

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $603 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $324 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$617$324 to $741
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$324$316 to $490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,995Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $288 to $871
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $324professional $617

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
$295.12
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$602.56
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$812.83

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 5th of 51

$603

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.