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Preventive Hardware Placement In The Shin Bone

South Dakota 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?

$4,715

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,715 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,479 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,479$1,096 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,096 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $5,888Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $813 to $2,089
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,236professional $1,479

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$6,456.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$6,456.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$6,606.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,659.59
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,089.30
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 38th of 51

$4,715

$1,479 physician + $3,236 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.