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Rib Fracture Repair, Extensive

Minnesota 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 October 2026.

How much does Rib Fracture Repair, Extensive cost?

$4,183

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,183 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,995 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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$1,995$1,445 to $2,692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$1,514 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $912 to $5,888Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $912 to $3,631
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,188professional $1,995

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,715.19
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$10,715.19
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,801.89
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,715.35
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,548.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,786.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,630.78
10 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$100.00

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 5.7 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

Minnesota· 15th of 51

$4,183

$1,995 physician + $2,188 facility

AK $11,225KY $1,973

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.