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Open Repair Of A Broken Tailbone

Iowa rates for HCPCS 27202

An incision is made over the tailbone so the broken pieces can be handled directly and held in position, or a loose fragment removed. It is reserved for breaks that will not settle with rest and time alone.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Open Repair Of A Broken Tailbone cost?

$955

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $955 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $832 from a physician practice, and about $4,266 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$832$550 to $1,230
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,266$2,818 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $832 to $9,120Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $479 to $2,754
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $832

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,513.56
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$9,772.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$6,309.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,311.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,479.11
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,548.82
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 7.2 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Iowa· 16th of 51

$955

CA $3,981DE $550

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.