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Pinning a Broken Finger Bone Through the Skin

Michigan 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 Michigan, 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$631$550 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,230 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $646 to $6,310Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,047
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $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
$616.60
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$660.69
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,248.07
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$851.14
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$676.08
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$616.60
12 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
$302.00
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 21st 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.