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Knee Intercondylar Fracture Treatment, Closed

Minnesota 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 July 2026.

How much does Knee Intercondylar Fracture Treatment, Closed cost?

$2,535

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,535 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,122 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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$1,122$851 to $1,549
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$575 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $457 to $3,890Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,820
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,413professional $1,122

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
$457.09
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,187.76
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,890.45
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 9.6 times more in New Jersey than in Maryland. 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

Minnesota· 19th of 49

$2,535

$1,122 physician + $1,413 facility

NJ $5,860MD $613

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.