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Repair of a Fibula That Has Not Healed

Colorado rates for HCPCS 27726

Treats the fibula, the thinner outer bone of the lower leg, when a break has failed to heal or has healed in the wrong position. The bone is exposed, the poorly healing site is cleared and realigned, and hardware such as a plate and screws holds it steady while it unites.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Repair of a Fibula That Has Not Healed cost?

$14,501

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14,501 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $13,183 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$1,318$1,072 to $1,698
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$13,183$6,026 to $16,218

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13,183 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $21,380Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $955 to $2,138
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $13,183professional $1,318

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
$1,479.11
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,479.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$25,703.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$8,912.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,659.59
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,995.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,778.28
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,949.84
2 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
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in Colorado than in Kentucky. 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· 1st of 51

$14,501

$1,318 physician + $13,183 facility

CO $14,501KY $2,497

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.