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Repair of a Fibula That Has Not Healed

Tennessee 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?

$5,624

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,624 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,259 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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$1,259$1,000 to $2,291
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$2,455 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $9,333Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $851 to $7,413
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $1,259

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
$1,621.81
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,479.11
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,232.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,621.81
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,995.26
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
$630.96
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$851.14

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 33rd of 51

$5,624

$1,259 physician + $4,365 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.