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Cutting And Realigning Both Lower Leg Bones

New Mexico 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?

$8,299

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,299 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,380 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 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$1,380$1,148 to $1,698
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$1,622 to $12,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $16,596Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,950
$100$1K$10Kfacility $6,918professional $1,380

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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$17,782.79
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$14,454.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,995.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,659.59
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$14,791.08
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,137.96
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
$537.03
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 12th of 51

$8,299

$1,380 physician + $6,918 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.