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

Thighbone growth plate fracture set without surgery

CPT 27517the billing code this page is about

Nonsurgical treatment of a separation through the growth plate at the lower end of the thighbone, where the bone is moved back into position, with or without traction.

Hospitals typically charge $1,688 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 536 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,709. Most fall between $939 and $2,859 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
536
States
47
Filings dated
Jun 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 536 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
$507$1,082$1,688$2,636$3,717

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($507 vs $3,717).

How the prices are spread

$312 – $409: 17 hospitals$312$409 – $535: 18 hospitals$535 – $701: 11 hospitals$535$701 – $918: 36 hospitals$918 – $1,203: 58 hospitals$918$1,203 – $1,576: 78 hospitals$1,576 – $2,064: 123 hospitals$1,576$2,064 – $2,704: 50 hospitals$2,704 – $3,542: 66 hospitals$2,704$3,542 – $4,640: 29 hospitals$3,542median $1,688price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (486 of 536 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$312$40917
$409$53518
$535$70111
$701$91836
$918$1,20358
$1,203$1,57678
$1,576$2,064123
$2,064$2,70450
$2,704$3,54266
$3,542$4,64029

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,643
Median cash price$1,688
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.03×

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 $1,688.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,575 across 28 hospitalsIL$1,575Wisconsin: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $1,333 across 17 hospitalsMI$1,333New York: median $1,909 across 32 hospitalsNY$1,909Massachusetts: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,517 across 12 hospitalsOR$1,517Nevada: 3 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 $1,688 across 15 hospitalsIA$1,688Indiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $1,816 across 27 hospitalsOH$1,816Pennsylvania: median $1,643 across 23 hospitalsPA$1,643New Jersey: median $3,786 across 23 hospitalsNJ$3,786Connecticut: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,310 across 60 hospitalsCA$1,310Utah: median $891 across 24 hospitalsUT$891Colorado: median $1,242 across 10 hospitalsCO$1,242Nebraska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWVVirginia: 8 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: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: median $1,699 across 22 hospitalsSC$1,699Oklahoma: median $1,123 across 16 hospitalsOK$1,123Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $2,049 across 20 hospitalsGA$2,049Hawaii: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,938 across 52 hospitalsTX$1,938Florida: median $2,981 across 20 hospitalsFL$2,981
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,688. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ23$3,786+124%$1,771 – $5,419
Florida FL20$2,981+77%$419 – $4,083
Georgia GA20$2,049+21%$1,148 – $2,667
Texas TX52$1,938+15%$509 – $2,665
New York NY32$1,909+13%$1,894 – $3,717
Ohio OH27$1,816+8%$1,679 – $2,421
South Carolina SC22$1,699+1%$995 – $3,086
Iowa IA15$1,6880%$1,688 – $1,688
Pennsylvania PA23$1,643−3%$138 – $3,016
Illinois IL28$1,575−7%$567 – $2,933
Oregon OR12$1,517−10%$1,295 – $2,678
Michigan MI17$1,333−21%$878 – $2,211
California CA60$1,310−22%$1,082 – $2,058
Colorado CO10$1,242−26%$1,058 – $1,242
Oklahoma OK16$1,123−33%$260 – $1,123
Utah UT24$891−47%$864 – $1,006
Hawaii HI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ1not 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 $1,688.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care451$1,699$1,006 – $2,717
Children’s15fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access70$1,443$575 – $3,434
Ownership
For-profit58$1,816$527 – $2,705
Government75$1,722$1,095 – $2,369
Non-profit403$1,688$988 – $2,981
System affiliation
Part of a system448$1,688$915 – $2,933
Independent88$1,517$956 – $2,636

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,421
Median cash price$1,688
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

374 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,443 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,582; most fall between $871 and $2,667.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 374 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
$482$988$1,443$2,434$3,383

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($482 vs $3,383).

Of the 412 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 374 gave a usable cash price; 19 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 19 a list price only.

How complete is this

536 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (14%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 579 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted536
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here25
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 — excluded17
Hospitals that filed this code579

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 5, 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 Dstl Fem Epiphysl Sep W/Manj W/WO Skin/Skel.

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 growth plate fracture set without surgery (CPT 27517) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-27517-thighbone-growth-plate-fracture-set-without-surgery