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Pinning a Broken Finger Bone Through the Skin

Minnesota 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?

$2,797

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,797 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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$977$776 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$1,000 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $490 to $7,943Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,778
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $977

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
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$12,302.69
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,041.74
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,995.26
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$7,079.46
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,698.24
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 35th of 51

$2,797

$977 physician + $1,820 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.