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

Thighbone shaft fracture set without surgery

CPT 27502the billing code this page is about

Nonsurgical treatment of a break in the middle of the thighbone, where the bone is manipulated back into position, with or without traction, and no incision is made.

Hospitals typically charge $1,894 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,654 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,999. Most fall between $1,005 and $3,581 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,654
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 1,654 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
$737$1,197$1,894$2,981$4,828

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($737 vs $4,828).

How the prices are spread

$474 – $613: 46 hospitals$474$613 – $794: 54 hospitals$794 – $1,027: 159 hospitals$794$1,027 – $1,330: 158 hospitals$1,330 – $1,721: 208 hospitals$1,330$1,721 – $2,227: 296 hospitals$2,227 – $2,883: 209 hospitals$2,227$2,883 – $3,731: 148 hospitals$3,731 – $4,829: 130 hospitals$3,731$4,829 – $6,250: 83 hospitals$4,829median $1,894price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,491 of 1,654 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$474$61346
$613$79454
$794$1,027159
$1,027$1,330158
$1,330$1,721208
$1,721$2,227296
$2,227$2,883209
$2,883$3,731148
$3,731$4,829130
$4,829$6,25083

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,643
Median cash price$1,894
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.15×

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 $1,894.

Alaska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $1,586 across 15 hospitalsME$1,586Vermont: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $982 across 11 hospitalsNH$982Washington: median $2,157 across 53 hospitalsWA$2,157Idaho: median $2,266 across 14 hospitalsID$2,266Montana: median $1,143 across 16 hospitalsMT$1,143North Dakota: median $2,622 across 13 hospitalsND$2,622Minnesota: median $1,862 across 57 hospitalsMN$1,862Illinois: median $1,941 across 71 hospitalsIL$1,941Wisconsin: median $2,428 across 55 hospitalsWI$2,428Michigan: median $1,499 across 59 hospitalsMI$1,499New York: median $2,386 across 63 hospitalsNY$2,386Massachusetts: median $2,970 across 38 hospitalsMA$2,970Oregon: median $1,764 across 38 hospitalsOR$1,764Nevada: median $2,274 across 11 hospitalsNV$2,274Wyoming: median $1,990 across 10 hospitalsWY$1,990South Dakota: median $2,007 across 11 hospitalsSD$2,007Iowa: median $1,798 across 35 hospitalsIA$1,798Indiana: median $1,013 across 33 hospitalsIN$1,013Ohio: median $1,838 across 60 hospitalsOH$1,838Pennsylvania: median $2,255 across 74 hospitalsPA$2,255New Jersey: median $3,986 across 35 hospitalsNJ$3,986Connecticut: median $2,636 across 14 hospitalsCT$2,636Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,252 across 114 hospitalsCA$2,252Utah: median $891 across 26 hospitalsUT$891Colorado: median $1,807 across 37 hospitalsCO$1,807Nebraska: median $1,277 across 29 hospitalsNE$1,277Missouri: median $1,534 across 27 hospitalsMO$1,534Kentucky: median $1,673 across 21 hospitalsKY$1,673West Virginia: median $2,005 across 22 hospitalsWV$2,005Virginia: median $1,485 across 47 hospitalsVA$1,485Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $863 across 16 hospitalsAZ$863New Mexico: median $1,754 across 16 hospitalsNM$1,754Kansas: median $1,518 across 26 hospitalsKS$1,518Arkansas: median $1,316 across 13 hospitalsAR$1,316Tennessee: median $865 across 26 hospitalsTN$865North Carolina: median $715 across 34 hospitalsNC$715South Carolina: median $2,352 across 37 hospitalsSC$2,352Oklahoma: median $1,294 across 35 hospitalsOK$1,294Louisiana: median $935 across 25 hospitalsLA$935Mississippi: median $1,005 across 29 hospitalsMS$1,005Alabama: median $1,435 across 16 hospitalsAL$1,435Georgia: median $1,700 across 48 hospitalsGA$1,700Hawaii: median $3,821 across 12 hospitalsHI$3,821Texas: median $2,044 across 121 hospitalsTX$2,044Florida: median $2,744 across 63 hospitalsFL$2,744
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,894. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ35$3,986+110%$1,773 – $6,076
Hawaii HI12$3,821+102%$2,671 – $4,648
Massachusetts MA38$2,970+57%$1,607 – $4,801
Florida FL63$2,744+45%$1,443 – $5,571
Connecticut CT14$2,636+39%$1,594 – $4,065
North Dakota ND13$2,622+38%$1,587 – $2,764
Wisconsin WI55$2,428+28%$1,637 – $3,671
New York NY63$2,386+26%$1,758 – $5,628
South Carolina SC37$2,352+24%$1,734 – $4,982
Nevada NV11$2,274+20%$1,412 – $4,183
Idaho ID14$2,266+20%$659 – $4,436
Pennsylvania PA74$2,255+19%$1,264 – $3,185
California CA114$2,252+19%$1,840 – $6,384
Washington WA53$2,157+14%$1,399 – $3,398
Texas TX121$2,044+8%$1,284 – $3,137
South Dakota SD11$2,007+6%$2,007 – $2,275
West Virginia WV22$2,005+6%$859 – $3,162
Wyoming WY10$1,990+5%$513 – $2,661
Illinois IL71$1,941+2%$1,286 – $3,235
Minnesota MN57$1,862−2%$1,471 – $2,185
Ohio OH60$1,838−3%$1,497 – $4,785
Colorado CO37$1,807−5%$1,242 – $3,619
Iowa IA35$1,798−5%$992 – $2,767
Oregon OR38$1,764−7%$1,379 – $3,308
New Mexico NM16$1,754−7%$1,146 – $2,790
Georgia GA48$1,700−10%$1,288 – $5,193
Kentucky KY21$1,673−12%$928 – $2,221
Maine ME15$1,586−16%$726 – $2,365
Missouri MO27$1,534−19%$1,124 – $1,757
Kansas KS26$1,518−20%$1,201 – $2,789
Michigan MI59$1,499−21%$812 – $2,255
Virginia VA47$1,485−22%$849 – $2,571
Alabama AL16$1,435−24%$1,172 – $2,297
Arkansas AR13$1,316−31%$983 – $1,607
Oklahoma OK35$1,294−32%$444 – $2,719
Nebraska NE29$1,277−33%$790 – $2,464
Montana MT16$1,143−40%$848 – $2,162
Indiana IN33$1,013−47%$716 – $2,068
Mississippi MS29$1,005−47%$549 – $3,462
New Hampshire NH11$982−48%$651 – $2,328
Louisiana LA25$935−51%$525 – $1,784
Utah UT26$891−53%$864 – $1,219
Tennessee TN26$865−54%$544 – $892
Arizona AZ16$863−54%$863 – $1,288
North Carolina NC34$715−62%$325 – $1,854
Alaska AK9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not 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 $1,894.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,226$1,909$1,037 – $3,671
Children’s43$2,749$1,580 – $7,307
Critical access381$1,700$965 – $2,764
Ownership
For-profit162$1,966$928 – $4,229
Government266$1,764$965 – $2,787
Non-profit1,222$1,902$1,068 – $3,671
System affiliation
Part of a system1,348$1,909$997 – $3,671
Independent306$1,708$1,101 – $2,936

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,263
Median cash price$1,894
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

1,259 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,960 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,080; most fall between $1,033 and $3,671.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,259 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
$791$1,228$1,960$3,137$4,866

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($791 vs $4,866).

Of the 1,341 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,259 gave a usable cash price; 34 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 48 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,654 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (42%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,776 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,654
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here62
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded57
Hospitals that filed this code1,776

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 Fem Shft Fx W/Manj W/WO Skin/Skeletal Tracj.

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 shaft fracture set without surgery (CPT 27502) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-27502-thighbone-shaft-fracture-set-without-surgery