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Cutting And Realigning Both Lower Leg Bones

Colorado rates for HCPCS 27709

Both bones of the lower leg — the weight-bearing shin bone and the slimmer bone beside it — are cut across and repositioned to correct a bend, a twist or a difference in length. They are then held in the corrected position while they knit. It is used for deformity left by a break that healed crooked, by a growth problem, or by long-standing bone disease.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Cutting And Realigning Both Lower Leg Bones cost?

$16,039

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16,039 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,585 to the doctor who performs it, and $14,454 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$1,585$1,288 to $2,089
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$14,454$3,548 to $18,197

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14,454 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $25,119Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $2,512
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $14,454professional $1,585

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
$1,513.56
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,621.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$38,904.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$16,982.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,041.74
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,398.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,137.96
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$14,791.08
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,344.23
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
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$812.83

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 6.9 times more in Alaska 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

Colorado· 3rd of 51

$16,039

$1,585 physician + $14,454 facility

AK $18,481HI $2,671

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.