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Broken Rib Repair With Hardware, One Side, Most Ribs

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 0248T

Open surgery to repair broken ribs on one side of the chest when the largest number of ribs is involved. Under general anesthesia the surgeon opens the chest wall, lifts the muscle aside, brings each fracture back into line and fastens it with a plate and screws. Repairs on this scale are usually done after a severe crush or high-speed injury in which much of one side of the rib cage has been broken.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Broken Rib Repair With Hardware, One Side, Most Ribs cost?

$1,230

Typical negotiated rate. Nationwide, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,230 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $977 from a physician practice, and about $5,012 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$977$977 to $1,230
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,012$2,344 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $13,490Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $977 to $1,230
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,012professional $977

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$16,982.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,230.27
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$346.74
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,630.78
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$3,715.35
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 281.8 times more in California than in South Carolina. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

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CA $8,511SC $30.20

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.