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Knee Intercondylar Fracture Treatment, Closed

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 27538

This treatment addresses a fracture at the top of the shinbone where knee ligaments attach, sometimes called a tibial spine fracture. The break is treated without opening the knee, using a cast, brace, or gentle manipulation of the joint from outside the skin to allow the bone fragment to heal in position. It is most common after a twisting injury to the knee, especially in children and teenagers.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Knee Intercondylar Fracture Treatment, Closed cost?

$1,331

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,331 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $537 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$794$589 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$537$324 to $794

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $129 to $2,239Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $457 to $2,042
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $537professional $794

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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,202.26
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,862.09
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,230.27
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$933.25
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,818.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,548.82
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,862.09
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,041.74
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$794.33
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$416.87
7 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
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$851.14
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$295.12

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 4.9 times more in Connecticut than in Florida. 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

Massachusetts· 20th of 51

$1,331

$794 physician + $537 facility

CT $3,107FL $640

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.