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

Thighbone fracture near knee treated without setting

CPT 27501the billing code this page is about

Nonsurgical care of a break in the thighbone just above or through the knuckle-shaped end near the knee, managed without repositioning the bone.

Hospitals typically charge $585 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 922 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $614. Most fall between $284 and $1,121 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
922
States
50
Filings dated
Mar 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 922 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
$220$311$585$1,000$1,699

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($220 vs $1,699).

How the prices are spread

$167 – $219: 42 hospitals$167$219 – $287: 113 hospitals$287 – $376: 84 hospitals$287$376 – $492: 121 hospitals$492 – $645: 103 hospitals$492$645 – $845: 119 hospitals$845 – $1,107: 112 hospitals$845$1,107 – $1,451: 67 hospitals$1,451 – $1,901: 32 hospitals$1,451$1,901 – $2,490: 42 hospitals$1,901median $585price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (835 of 922 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$167$21942
$219$287113
$287$37684
$376$492121
$492$645103
$645$845119
$845$1,107112
$1,107$1,45167
$1,451$1,90132
$1,901$2,49042

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$252
Median cash price$585
Cash as a multiple of Medicare2.3×

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 $585.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $494 across 15 hospitalsWA$494Idaho: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $856 across 27 hospitalsMN$856Illinois: median $621 across 28 hospitalsIL$621Wisconsin: median $2,100 across 45 hospitalsWI$2,100Michigan: median $518 across 39 hospitalsMI$518New York: median $568 across 48 hospitalsNY$568Massachusetts: median $1,401 across 19 hospitalsMA$1,401Oregon: median $626 across 23 hospitalsOR$626Nevada: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,242 across 22 hospitalsIA$1,242Indiana: median $621 across 20 hospitalsIN$621Ohio: median $717 across 47 hospitalsOH$717Pennsylvania: median $406 across 41 hospitalsPA$406New Jersey: median $1,717 across 25 hospitalsNJ$1,717Connecticut: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $785 across 89 hospitalsCA$785Utah: median $437 across 27 hospitalsUT$437Colorado: median $1,242 across 11 hospitalsCO$1,242Nebraska: median $1,336 across 10 hospitalsNE$1,336Missouri: median $294 across 11 hospitalsMO$294Kentucky: median $270 across 11 hospitalsKY$270West Virginia: median $392 across 14 hospitalsWV$392Virginia: median $429 across 20 hospitalsVA$429Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $585 across 12 hospitalsAZ$585New Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $443 across 14 hospitalsKS$443Arkansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $308 across 12 hospitalsTN$308North Carolina: median $167 across 24 hospitalsNC$167South Carolina: median $879 across 11 hospitalsSC$879Oklahoma: median $712 across 22 hospitalsOK$712Louisiana: median $219 across 19 hospitalsLA$219Mississippi: median $335 across 12 hospitalsMS$335Alabama: median $556 across 10 hospitalsAL$556Georgia: median $420 across 24 hospitalsGA$420Hawaii: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $381 across 45 hospitalsTX$381Florida: median $673 across 39 hospitalsFL$673
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $585. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Wisconsin WI45$2,100+259%$833 – $2,490
New Jersey NJ25$1,717+194%$266 – $5,339
Massachusetts MA19$1,401+139%$621 – $4,198
Nebraska NE10$1,336+128%$505 – $1,923
Iowa IA22$1,242+112%$494 – $1,242
Colorado CO11$1,242+112%$743 – $1,242
South Carolina SC11$879+50%$305 – $879
Minnesota MN27$856+46%$668 – $2,685
California CA89$785+34%$422 – $1,030
Ohio OH47$717+23%$407 – $733
Oklahoma OK22$712+22%$197 – $820
Florida FL39$673+15%$220 – $923
Oregon OR23$626+7%$467 – $948
Illinois IL28$621+6%$441 – $1,242
Indiana IN20$621+6%$512 – $1,144
Arizona AZ12$5850%$582 – $585
New York NY48$568−3%$284 – $1,128
Alabama AL10$556−5%$164 – $824
Michigan MI39$518−11%$275 – $867
Washington WA15$494−15%$372 – $948
Kansas KS14$443−24%$292 – $821
Utah UT27$437−25%$363 – $466
Virginia VA20$429−27%$344 – $913
Georgia GA24$420−28%$166 – $623
Pennsylvania PA41$406−31%$281 – $634
West Virginia WV14$392−33%$272 – $813
Texas TX45$381−35%$232 – $728
Mississippi MS12$335−43%$95 – $745
Tennessee TN12$308−47%$124 – $465
Missouri MO11$294−50%$159 – $715
Kentucky KY11$270−54%$232 – $621
Louisiana LA19$219−63%$121 – $401
North Carolina NC24$167−71%$149 – $315
Hawaii HI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not 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 $585.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care719$526$268 – $1,030
Children’s19fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access183$670$406 – $1,775
Ownership
For-profit85$621$275 – $1,443
Government149$467$222 – $1,014
Non-profit687$621$296 – $1,144
System affiliation
Part of a system755$585$284 – $1,042
Independent167$582$270 – $1,190

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$954
Median cash price$585
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

671 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $621 and the average of the middle 60% is $645; most fall between $304 and $1,144.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 671 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
$220$363$621$1,000$1,666

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($220 vs $1,666).

Of the 724 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 671 gave a usable cash price; 22 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 31 a list price only.

How complete is this

922 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (23%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 996 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted922
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here37
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 — excluded36
Hospitals that filed this code996

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 Cltx Sprcndylr/Trnscndylr Fem Fx W/O 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, “Thighbone fracture near knee treated without setting (CPT 27501) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-27501-thighbone-fracture-near-knee-treated-without-setting