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Rib Fracture Repair, Extensive

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 21813

This service surgically repairs multiple broken ribs on one side of the chest using plates and screws to hold the bones in place while they heal. It is used for an extensive injury involving many fractured ribs, such as after severe chest trauma. Stabilizing the ribs this way can help with pain control and breathing while the chest wall heals.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Rib Fracture Repair, Extensive cost?

$3,522

Typical total for the visit. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,522 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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$891$813 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$955 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $631 to $10,715Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $794 to $1,514
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $2,630professional $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
$616.60
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,096.48
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,584.89
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$4,265.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 6.1 times more in South Carolina than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeKentucky $3,522 · 40th of 50
SC $9,832MD $1,617

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.