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Kneecap Fracture Treatment, No Resetting

South Carolina 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 October 2026.

How much does Kneecap Fracture Treatment, No Resetting cost?

$347

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $347 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $331 from a physician practice, and about $525 from a hospital or other facility.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$331$257 to $380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$525$302 to $794

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $151 to $1,096Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $95 to $490
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $525professional $331

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$467.74
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$562.34
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$630.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$457.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$501.19
8 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$263.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$870.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$295.12

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in Alaska than in Utah. 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.

South Carolina· 36th of 51

$347

AK $1,259UT $219

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.