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Preventive Hardware Placement In The Shin Bone

Maine rates for HCPCS 27745

Places hardware inside a shin bone that is at risk of breaking, before any fracture happens. A nail, pin, plate, or wire is used, and bone cement may be added. It reinforces weakened bone rather than treating a break.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Preventive Hardware Placement In The Shin Bone cost?

$3,647

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,647 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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$955$851 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$2,570 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $813 to $7,943Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $741 to $1,413
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $955

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,137.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$912.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$229.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,709.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,548.82
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,079.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
12 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
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08

Where Maine sits

The same service costs 6.0 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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

Maine· 46th of 51

$3,647

$955 physician + $2,692 facility

CO $14,230MT $2,377

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.