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Growth Plate Surgery At The Ankle, Shin And Fibula

Michigan rates for HCPCS 27734

A procedure performed on a child's leg to intentionally stop growth at the growth plates of both the shin bone and the smaller bone beside it near the ankle. It is used to correct a difference in leg length or a bone alignment problem before the child finishes growing.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Growth Plate Surgery At The Ankle, Shin And Fibula cost?

$851

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $851 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $776 from a physician practice, and about $4,074 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 5 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$776$617 to $977
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,074$2,884 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $977 to $6,918Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,445
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $776

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
$851.14
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,238.72
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 6.0 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.

Michigan· 33rd of 51

$851

CA $3,981DE $661

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.