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Removal of Diseased Bone From the Fibula

Alabama rates for HCPCS 27641

Cuts away a diseased or infected section of the fibula, the slender outer bone of the lower leg, by shaving it down, hollowing it out, or removing a length of it. It is most often done for a bone infection that antibiotics alone have not cleared, because dead bone keeps the infection going. Taking the bad bone out gives the healthy tissue around it a chance to heal.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal of Diseased Bone From the Fibula cost?

$5,365

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,365 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$794$676 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$1,905 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $4,571Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $550 to $1,072
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $4,571professional $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
$645.65
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,096.48
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
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$6,918.31

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Wisconsin than in Hawaii. 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

Alabama· 6th of 51

$5,365

$794 physician + $4,571 facility

WI $7,283HI $2,091

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.