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Setting A Dislocated Knee Without Surgery

Massachusetts 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?

$1,460

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,460 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $589 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$871$646 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$589$324 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $129 to $2,239Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $468 to $2,239
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $589professional $871

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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,258.93
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,862.09
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,288.25
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,071.52
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,818.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,737.80
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,862.09
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,238.72
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$831.76
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$436.52
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
$218.78
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$309.03

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 18th of 51

$1,460

$871 physician + $589 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.