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Plate and Screw Repair of Broken Ribs

Wisconsin 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?

$6,457

Typical facility fee. In Wisconsin, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,457 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,905 to $8,710.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $11,749Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $871 to $1,905
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,586professional $1,349

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
$549.54
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$14,454.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$13,182.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,691.53
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$8,317.64
Network Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$7,762.47
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,288.25
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,905.46
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,630.78
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$363.08
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$9,120.11

Where Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin· 10th of 50

$6,457

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.