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Surgical Repair Of Broken Ribs With Fixation

Alaska rates for HCPCS 21812

Repositions broken ribs and fixes them with plates and screws so the chest wall is stable again. A camera is sometimes used inside the chest to check the repair. It is done on one side of the chest and is used when breaks are badly displaced or the chest wall has become unstable.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Surgical Repair Of Broken Ribs With Fixation cost?

$10,128

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,128 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,884 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,244 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,884$1,950 to $3,090
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,244$3,548 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $14,125Professionalmedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $741 to $3,548
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $7,244professional $2,884

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,454.71
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,011.87
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,801.89
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$35,481.34
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,981.07

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 6.2 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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

Alaska· 1st of 51

$10,128

$2,884 physician + $7,244 facility

AK $10,128KY $1,638

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.