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Removal of Diseased Bone From the Fibula

Kentucky 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?

$2,390

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,390 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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$692$589 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$1,000 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $631 to $4,266Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $550 to $1,259
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $692

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
$562.34
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,071.52
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$891.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,258.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,862.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$776.25
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,691.53
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$6,025.60
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,174.90
6 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
$281.84
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$575.44

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 48th of 51

$2,390

$692 physician + $1,698 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.