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Pinning a Broken Finger Bone Through the Skin

Indiana 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?

$4,482

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,482 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$501$447 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$1,862 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $14,791Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $407 to $794
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,981professional $501

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
$446.68
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$17,782.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$741.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$17,378.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$676.08
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$3,311.31
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,677.35
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$831.76
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
$204.17
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$338.84

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 11th of 51

$4,482

$501 physician + $3,981 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.