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Repair of a Fibula That Has Not Healed

Minnesota 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?

$5,186

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,186 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,950 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$1,950$1,413 to $2,754
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,660 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $955 to $11,749Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $955 to $3,631
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,236professional $1,950

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
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$26,915.35
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$14,125.38
Median
$26,302.68
Typical High
$47,863.01
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,981.07
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,890.45
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,715.35
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$10,715.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,467.37
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
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 36th of 51

$5,186

$1,950 physician + $3,236 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.