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Shin Bone Realignment Surgery In A Child

Wyoming 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 October 2026.

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

$10,001

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,001 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,239 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,762 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,239$1,862 to $2,818
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,762$5,623 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $3,802 to $12,589Professionalmedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $3,388
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,762professional $2,239

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,388.44
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,235.94

Where Wyoming sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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

Wyoming· 4th of 51

$10,001

$2,239 physician + $7,762 facility

AK $13,440TX $2,463

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.