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Pinning a Broken Finger Bone Through the Skin

Missouri 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?

$3,476

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,476 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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$525$457 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$1,698 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $8,913Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,349
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,951professional $525

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
$549.54
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$13,803.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,000.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$602.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$954.99
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$933.25
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
$245.47
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$371.54

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 25th of 51

$3,476

$525 physician + $2,951 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.