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Setting A Dislocated Knee Without Surgery

Alabama rates for HCPCS 27550

Puts a dislocated knee back into position by working the leg from the outside, with no incision. This treats the joint itself being knocked out of line rather than a broken bone.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Setting A Dislocated Knee Without Surgery cost?

$1,234

Typical total for the visit. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,234 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $646 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$589$501 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$646$407 to $646

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $158 to $977Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $427 to $832
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $646professional $589

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
$575.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$776.25
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
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$758.58

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in Connecticut than in Delaware. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alabama· 29th of 51

$1,234

$589 physician + $646 facility

CT $3,468DE $666

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.