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Setting A Broken Hand Bone With An External Fixation Device

Indiana rates for HCPCS 26607

Treatment of a broken bone in the hand, one of the long bones connecting the wrist to the fingers, by realigning the pieces without cutting open the skin, then holding the bone in place with a fixation device attached from outside the body rather than hardware implanted underneath the skin. It is used when the fracture is unstable enough that a cast or splint alone would not hold the alignment. The device is typically removed once the bone has healed enough.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Setting A Broken Hand Bone With An External Fixation Device cost?

$3,715

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,715 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$479$437 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,202 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $617 to $14,125Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $372 to $776
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,236professional $479

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
$478.63
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$524.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$17,378.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$602.56
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$3,235.94
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,677.35
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$851.14
6 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$363.08

Where Indiana sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in Colorado than in Alabama. 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

Indiana· 9th of 51

$3,715

$479 physician + $3,236 facility

CO $6,331AL $1,183

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.