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Rib Fracture Treatment With External Support

Wisconsin 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 July 2026.

How much does Rib Fracture Treatment With External Support cost?

$1,000

Typical negotiated rate. In Wisconsin, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $955 from a physician practice, and about $1,380 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$955$851 to $3,548
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,380$724 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $661 to $2,754Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $851 to $9,120
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,380professional $955

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,174.90
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$9,120.11
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,754.23
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$9,120.11

Where Wisconsin sits

The same service costs 151.4 times more in Tennessee than in Washington. 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.

Wisconsin· 16th of 35

$1,000

TN $9,120WA $60.26

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.