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Pinning a Broken Finger Bone Through the Skin

Illinois rates for HCPCS 26727

Treatment of an unstable break in the shaft of a finger or thumb bone in which the bone is lined up and then held with wires or pins passed through the skin, without opening the fracture site. Live X-ray guides the pins into position. Leaving the area unopened means less scarring around the tendons, and the pins are usually removed in a clinic visit once the bone has healed.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Pinning a Broken Finger Bone Through the Skin cost?

$3,651

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,651 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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$631$490 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,738 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $7,079Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $437 to $912
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,020professional $631

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
$630.96
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,309.57
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$812.83
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$676.08
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$912.01
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
$218.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84

Where Illinois sits

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

Illinois· 20th of 51

$3,651

$631 physician + $3,020 facility

AL $8,312MT $1,553

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.