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

Setting a broken ball of the hip joint without surgery

CPT 27268the billing code this page is about

Non-surgical treatment of a break in the head of the thigh bone (the ball of the hip joint) in which the bone is repositioned by hand.

Hospitals typically charge $1,643 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 509 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,999. Most fall between $783 and $4,640 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
509
States
47
Filings dated
Nov 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 509 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
$415$886$1,643$3,931$6,734

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($415 vs $6,734).

How the prices are spread

$260 – $363: 15 hospitals$260$363 – $506: 18 hospitals$506 – $707: 34 hospitals$506$707 – $987: 65 hospitals$987 – $1,377: 65 hospitals$987$1,377 – $1,922: 57 hospitals$1,922 – $2,682: 55 hospitals$1,922$2,682 – $3,744: 44 hospitals$3,744 – $5,225: 38 hospitals$3,744$5,225 – $7,292: 68 hospitals$5,225median $1,643price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (459 of 509 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$260$36315
$363$50618
$506$70734
$707$98765
$987$1,37765
$1,377$1,92257
$1,922$2,68255
$2,682$3,74444
$3,744$5,22538
$5,225$7,29268

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,643
Median cash price$1,643
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.00×

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 $1,643.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $3,277 across 14 hospitalsWA$3,277Idaho: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $2,367 across 23 hospitalsIL$2,367Wisconsin: median $4,617 across 10 hospitalsWI$4,617Michigan: median $1,046 across 15 hospitalsMI$1,046New York: median $1,665 across 23 hospitalsNY$1,665Massachusetts: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $6,719 across 14 hospitalsOR$6,719Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,537 across 19 hospitalsIA$1,537Indiana: median $219 across 13 hospitalsIN$219Ohio: median $1,916 across 21 hospitalsOH$1,916Pennsylvania: median $1,240 across 32 hospitalsPA$1,240New Jersey: median $5,339 across 16 hospitalsNJ$5,339Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $2,124 across 36 hospitalsCA$2,124Utah: median $891 across 23 hospitalsUT$891Colorado: median $4,936 across 14 hospitalsCO$4,936Nebraska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $954 across 14 hospitalsMO$954Kentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $580 across 18 hospitalsWV$580Virginia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $6,734 across 18 hospitalsNC$6,734South Carolina: median $3,287 across 16 hospitalsSC$3,287Oklahoma: median $886 across 11 hospitalsOK$886Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $990 across 53 hospitalsTX$990Florida: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,643. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
North Carolina NC18$6,734+310%$1,041 – $6,734
Oregon OR14$6,719+309%$1,085 – $7,037
New Jersey NJ16$5,339+225%$4,350 – $6,839
Colorado CO14$4,936+200%$4,231 – $8,676
Wisconsin WI10$4,617+181%$1,764 – $4,617
South Carolina SC16$3,287+100%$2,601 – $4,056
Washington WA14$3,277+99%$1,478 – $4,074
Illinois IL23$2,367+44%$995 – $6,699
California CA36$2,124+29%$1,301 – $5,790
Ohio OH21$1,916+17%$1,322 – $2,600
New York NY23$1,665+1%$658 – $9,350
Iowa IA19$1,537−6%$1,330 – $6,751
Pennsylvania PA32$1,240−25%$260 – $5,390
Michigan MI15$1,046−36%$663 – $2,211
Texas TX53$990−40%$783 – $3,504
Missouri MO14$954−42%$507 – $2,170
Utah UT23$891−46%$843 – $990
Oklahoma OK11$886−46%$886 – $886
West Virginia WV18$580−65%$579 – $3,811
Indiana IN13$219−87%$192 – $310
Virginia VA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $1,643.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care401$1,909$886 – $5,198
Children’s12fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access94$942$530 – $4,074
Ownership
For-profit45$2,124$886 – $4,904
Government82$1,301$783 – $4,046
Non-profit380$1,851$783 – $4,627
System affiliation
Part of a system427$1,851$783 – $5,110
Independent82$1,208$828 – $3,119

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,448
Median cash price$1,643
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

367 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,601 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,116; most fall between $783 and $5,419.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 367 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
$449$886$1,601$4,046$6,741

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($449 vs $6,741).

Of the 398 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 367 gave a usable cash price; 15 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 16 a list price only.

How complete is this

509 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 556 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted509
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here22
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 — excluded24
Hospitals that filed this code556

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 23, 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 Closed Tx Femoral Fracture Prox Head W/Manj.

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, “Setting a broken ball of the hip joint without surgery (CPT 27268) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-27268-setting-a-broken-ball-of-the-hip-joint-without-surgery