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Plate and Screw Repair of Broken Ribs

Alaska 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?

$1,698

Typical facility fee. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,698 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $724 to $3,890.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $550 to $12,023
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,698

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$14,125.38
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$4,073.80
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$14,791.08

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 25.7 times more in Maine than in North Dakota. 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.

Alaska· 39th of 50

$1,698

ME $14,791ND $575

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.