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Shin Bone Realignment Surgery In A Child

Iowa rates for HCPCS 27455

Cuts and repositions the upper shin bone just below the knee in a child whose growth plates are still open, correcting bowed or knock-kneed alignment of the leg. The smaller outer calf bone is cut or partly removed alongside it so the correction can be held. The bone is then stabilized while it heals, which may involve pins, plates, screws or a cast.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Shin Bone Realignment Surgery In A Child cost?

$6,783

Typical total for the visit. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,783 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,413 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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$1,413$955 to $2,138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$4,266 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $12,589Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $871 to $3,311
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,370professional $1,413

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
$1,513.56
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,754.23
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,951.21
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$9,772.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$7,079.46
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,311.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,630.27
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 8.2 times more in Wyoming than in West Virginia. 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

Iowa· 21st of 50

$6,783

$1,413 physician + $5,370 facility

WY $16,079WV $1,955

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.