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Pinning a Broken Finger Bone Through the Skin

Tennessee 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?

$3,158

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,158 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$646$501 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,549 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $5,248Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $427 to $3,981
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $646

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
$1,819.70
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$776.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,495.41
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$794.33
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$977.24
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$426.58

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 29th of 51

$3,158

$646 physician + $2,512 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.