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Growth Plate Surgery Near The Ankle, Outer Bone

Alabama rates for HCPCS 27732

This service is performed in a growing child or teenager to intentionally stop further growth at a growth plate near the ankle, on the outer of the two lower-leg bones. It is often done to help correct a leg-length difference or an alignment problem, sometimes alongside a similar procedure on the neighboring shin bone. Stopping growth at this location helps the leg develop more evenly as the child continues to grow.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Growth Plate Surgery Near The Ankle, Outer Bone cost?

$741

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $741 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $468 from a physician practice, and about $3,631 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$468$389 to $741
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,631$1,259 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $776 to $6,026Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $355 to $871
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $468

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$724.44

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 8.7 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Alabama· 21st of 51

$741

CA $3,981DE $457

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.