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

Thighbone shaft fracture repair with rod inside bone

CPT 27506the billing code this page is about

Surgical repair of a break in the middle of the thighbone using a metal rod placed down the center of the bone, with or without locking screws or wire loops.

Hospitals typically charge $3,291 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 484 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,758. Most fall between $1,657 and $6,967 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
484
States
48
Filings dated
Jan 2024 – 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 484 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
$1,239$2,029$3,291$6,167$9,978

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,239 vs $9,978).

How the prices are spread

$696 – $947: 16 hospitals$696$947 – $1,288: 13 hospitals$1,288 – $1,752: 49 hospitals$1,288$1,752 – $2,382: 56 hospitals$2,382 – $3,241: 79 hospitals$2,382$3,241 – $4,408: 79 hospitals$4,408 – $5,996: 42 hospitals$4,408$5,996 – $8,156: 60 hospitals$8,156 – $11,095: 30 hospitals$8,156$11,095 – $15,091: 12 hospitals$11,095median $3,291price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (436 of 484 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$696$94716
$947$1,28813
$1,288$1,75249
$1,752$2,38256
$2,382$3,24179
$3,241$4,40879
$4,408$5,99642
$5,996$8,15660
$8,156$11,09530
$11,095$15,09112

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$7,413
Median cash price$3,291
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.44×

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 $3,291.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $2,817 across 16 hospitalsWA$2,817Idaho: median $5,871 across 12 hospitalsID$5,871Montana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $5,223 across 23 hospitalsMN$5,223Illinois: median $2,449 across 19 hospitalsIL$2,449Wisconsin: median $6,967 across 35 hospitalsWI$6,967Michigan: median $3,103 across 34 hospitalsMI$3,103New York: median $3,208 across 32 hospitalsNY$3,208Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $2,515 across 20 hospitalsOR$2,515Nevada: 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $3,291 across 27 hospitalsIA$3,291Indiana: median $1,596 across 13 hospitalsIN$1,596Ohio: median $2,944 across 16 hospitalsOH$2,944Pennsylvania: median $1,019 across 19 hospitalsPA$1,019New Jersey: median $5,339 across 15 hospitalsNJ$5,339Connecticut: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $2,807 across 16 hospitalsCA$2,807Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $1,475 across 13 hospitalsWV$1,475Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $2,803 across 12 hospitalsOK$2,803Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,506 across 12 hospitalsTX$3,506Florida: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,291. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Wisconsin WI35$6,967+112%$1,652 – $7,477
Idaho ID12$5,871+78%$2,198 – $14,738
New Jersey NJ15$5,339+62%$4,350 – $6,311
Minnesota MN23$5,223+59%$2,678 – $6,860
Texas TX12$3,506+7%$2,616 – $14,101
Iowa IA27$3,2910%$2,756 – $3,563
New York NY32$3,208−3%$1,442 – $8,613
Michigan MI34$3,103−6%$2,250 – $6,967
Ohio OH16$2,944−11%$1,475 – $5,109
Washington WA16$2,817−14%$2,471 – $4,774
California CA16$2,807−15%$1,771 – $3,835
Oklahoma OK12$2,803−15%$2,803 – $2,803
Oregon OR20$2,515−24%$2,196 – $4,408
Illinois IL19$2,449−26%$1,596 – $5,257
Indiana IN13$1,596−52%$1,449 – $4,265
West Virginia WV13$1,475−55%$1,415 – $3,714
Pennsylvania PA19$1,019−69%$830 – $5,773
Florida FL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not 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 $3,291.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care313$3,291$1,596 – $7,180
Children’s13fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access157$3,153$1,766 – $6,511
Ownership
For-profit41$4,774$1,702 – $14,580
Government96$3,348$2,168 – $6,148
Non-profit346$3,103$1,652 – $6,860
System affiliation
Part of a system344$3,291$1,596 – $6,967
Independent140$2,965$2,029 – $6,167

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,114
Median cash price$3,291
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

255 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,807 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,920; most fall between $1,596 and $5,318.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 255 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
$1,239$1,758$2,807$4,448$6,968

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,239 vs $6,968).

Of the 298 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 255 gave a usable cash price; 20 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 23 a list price only.

How complete is this

484 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (12%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 564 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted484
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here50
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded30
Hospitals that filed this code564

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 Optx Fem Shft Fx W/Insj Imed Implt W/WO Screw.

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 repair with rod inside bone (CPT 27506) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-27506-thighbone-shaft-fracture-repair-with-rod-inside-bone