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Repair of a Fibula That Has Not Healed

South Carolina 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?

$5,730

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,730 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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$832$479 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$2,630 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $18,621Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $105 to $1,259
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $832

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
$1,096.48
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$16,218.10
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,244.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,288.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,621.81
4 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
$707.95
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$851.14

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 31st of 51

$5,730

$832 physician + $4,898 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.