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Rib Fracture Treatment With External Support

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 21810

Treatment of broken ribs by attaching an external support frame to steady a section of chest wall that has come loose and moves the wrong way with each breath. Stabilizing the segment lets the chest expand properly again and makes breathing less painful.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Rib Fracture Treatment With External Support cost?

$1,230

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,230 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,259 from a physician practice, and about $1,122 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,259$955 to $1,549
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,122$871 to $1,549

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $692 to $1,995Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $724 to $2,344
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,122professional $1,259

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
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,949.84
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,905.46
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$676.08
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$9,120.11

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 302.0 times more in Washington 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.

Minnesota· 14th of 36

$1,230

WA $9,120SC $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.