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Procedure price report · Treatment, fracture or dislocation of hip and femur

Upper thigh fracture repair with plate and screws

CPT 27244the billing code this page is about

Surgery that fixes a break in the upper thigh bone near the hip using a metal plate and screw device, with or without wires around the bone.

Hospitals typically charge $3,026 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 495 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,257. Most fall between $1,710 and $6,283 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
495
States
48
Filings dated
Dec 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 495 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,175$1,968$3,026$5,172$8,439

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,175 vs $8,439).

How the prices are spread

$656 – $866: 9 hospitals$656$866 – $1,145: 12 hospitals$1,145 – $1,512: 32 hospitals$1,145$1,512 – $1,998: 61 hospitals$1,998 – $2,640: 69 hospitals$1,998$2,640 – $3,488: 78 hospitals$3,488 – $4,609: 63 hospitals$3,488$4,609 – $6,090: 45 hospitals$6,090 – $8,046: 48 hospitals$6,090$8,046 – $10,631: 30 hospitals$8,046median $3,026price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (447 of 495 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$656$8669
$866$1,14512
$1,145$1,51232
$1,512$1,99861
$1,998$2,64069
$2,640$3,48878
$3,488$4,60963
$4,609$6,09045
$6,090$8,04648
$8,046$10,63130

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$7,413
Median cash price$3,026
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.41×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $3,026.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $1,340 across 10 hospitalsME$1,340Vermont: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $1,559 across 10 hospitalsNH$1,559Washington: median $2,702 across 14 hospitalsWA$2,702Idaho: median $6,200 across 13 hospitalsID$6,200Montana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $4,863 across 26 hospitalsMN$4,863Illinois: median $2,650 across 21 hospitalsIL$2,650Wisconsin: median $6,392 across 34 hospitalsWI$6,392Michigan: median $2,750 across 31 hospitalsMI$2,750New York: median $2,731 across 29 hospitalsNY$2,731Massachusetts: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $3,581 across 27 hospitalsOR$3,581Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $3,026 across 33 hospitalsIA$3,026Indiana: median $1,626 across 12 hospitalsIN$1,626Ohio: median $3,028 across 15 hospitalsOH$3,028Pennsylvania: median $383 across 18 hospitalsPA$383New Jersey: median $5,339 across 14 hospitalsNJ$5,339Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $2,495 across 16 hospitalsCA$2,495Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $3,938 across 13 hospitalsNE$3,938Missouri: median $2,552 across 13 hospitalsMO$2,552Kentucky: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $1,354 across 10 hospitalsWV$1,354Virginia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,455 across 12 hospitalsKS$1,455Arkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,978 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,978Louisiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,984 across 11 hospitalsTX$3,984Florida: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,026. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Wisconsin WI34$6,392+111%$4,289 – $9,323
Idaho ID13$6,200+105%$2,457 – $14,738
New Jersey NJ14$5,339+76%$4,350 – $6,839
Minnesota MN26$4,863+61%$2,307 – $6,605
Texas TX11$3,984+32%$2,549 – $4,289
Nebraska NE13$3,938+30%$2,439 – $4,726
Oregon OR27$3,581+18%$2,267 – $4,042
Ohio OH15$3,0280%$1,870 – $4,727
Iowa IA33$3,0260%$2,485 – $3,544
Michigan MI31$2,750−9%$2,069 – $6,392
New York NY29$2,731−10%$1,300 – $8,613
Washington WA14$2,702−11%$2,108 – $2,944
Illinois IL21$2,650−12%$1,626 – $4,303
Missouri MO13$2,552−16%$1,879 – $2,552
California CA16$2,495−18%$1,439 – $3,536
Oklahoma OK13$1,978−35%$1,978 – $2,438
Indiana IN12$1,626−46%$1,329 – $2,973
New Hampshire NH10$1,559−48%$1,146 – $2,869
Kansas KS12$1,455−52%$1,034 – $2,541
West Virginia WV10$1,354−55%$1,285 – $3,373
Maine ME10$1,340−56%$655 – $2,253
Pennsylvania PA18$383−87%$300 – $5,773
Montana MT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $3,026.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care286$3,026$1,818 – $6,392
Children’s12fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access196$2,869$1,626 – $5,351
Ownership
For-profit37$4,211$1,626 – $13,872
Government109$2,810$1,758 – $4,647
Non-profit348$3,026$1,710 – $6,392
System affiliation
Part of a system357$3,026$1,702 – $6,392
Independent138$2,793$1,779 – $5,386

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,853
Median cash price$3,026
Cash as a share of list, median hospital70%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 30%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

277 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,552 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,709; most fall between $1,474 and $5,019.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 277 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$862$1,626$2,552$4,138$6,709

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($862 vs $6,709).

Of the 321 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 277 gave a usable cash price; 18 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 26 a list price only.

How complete is this

495 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (13%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 571 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted495
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here47
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded28
Hospitals that filed this code571

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Treatment, fracture or dislocation of hip and femur family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Tx Inter/PR/Subtrchntric Femoral Fx Screw Implt.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Upper thigh fracture repair with plate and screws (CPT 27244) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-27244-upper-thigh-fracture-repair-with-plate-and-screws