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Pinning a Broken Finger Bone Through the Skin

Kentucky 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?

$3,352

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,352 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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$468$407 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,122 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $631 to $10,715Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $380 to $724
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,884professional $468

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
$407.38
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$776.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$12,022.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$676.08
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,691.53
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$3,311.31
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$812.83
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
$234.42
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$380.19

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 26th of 51

$3,352

$468 physician + $2,884 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.