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Cutting And Realigning Both Lower Leg Bones

New Jersey 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 July 2026.

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

$6,457

Typical facility fee. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,457 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $4,786 to $8,511.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $3,090 to $10,965
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,457

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,715.19
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28,183.83
Median
$45,708.82
Typical High
$66,069.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$15,135.61

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 26.3 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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.

New Jersey· 10th of 50

$6,457

IN $29,512WV $1,122

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.