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Plate and Screw Repair of Broken Ribs

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 21811

Open surgery that realigns broken ribs on one side of the chest and holds them with plates and screws, sometimes with a camera passed into the chest to see the repair from inside. It is used when ribs are badly displaced or when a segment of chest wall has come loose and moves with breathing. This version covers up to three ribs on one side.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Plate and Screw Repair of Broken Ribs cost?

$6,020

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,020 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,129 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 55 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$891$631 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,129$2,239 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $851 to $12,882Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $525 to $2,399
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,129professional $891

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$11,220.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$15,135.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$12,302.69

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 8.1 times more in Nebraska than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

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NE $9,830MD $1,208

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.