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Cutting And Realigning Both Lower Leg Bones

Iowa 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?

$6,454

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,454 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,188 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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$2,188$1,660 to $2,570
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$2,291 to $14,791

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $21,878Professionalmedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $3,162
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $4,266professional $2,188

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
$1,778.28
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$17,378.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,090.30
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$8,511.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,090.30
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$17,378.01
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$33,884.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,570.40
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
$524.81
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 18th of 51

$6,454

$2,188 physician + $4,266 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.