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Removal of Diseased Bone From the Fibula

Nebraska 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?

$4,171

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,171 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,479 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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$1,479$1,202 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,905 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $9,550Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $813 to $2,570
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,692professional $1,479

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
$1,659.59
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$19,054.61
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$5,888.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,995.26
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,162.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,819.70
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
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$724.44

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 14th of 51

$4,171

$1,479 physician + $2,692 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.