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Repair of a Fibula That Has Not Healed

Iowa 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?

$7,232

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,232 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,862 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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$1,862$1,445 to $2,188
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$2,570 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $14,791Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $2,692
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,370professional $1,862

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
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,630.27
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$14,791.08
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$7,244.36
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,570.40
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$10,000.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,630.27
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,137.96
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
$660.69
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 17th of 51

$7,232

$1,862 physician + $5,370 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.