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Pin or Screw Fixation of a Broken Shinbone

Connecticut rates for HCPCS 27756

A broken shaft of the tibia, the main weight-bearing bone of the lower leg, is realigned and then held with pins or screws passed through small punctures in the skin rather than through a full open incision. The smaller fibula alongside it may be broken as well and is covered by the same treatment. Imaging is used to confirm alignment.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Pin or Screw Fixation of a Broken Shinbone cost?

$7,738

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,738 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,761 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$977$794 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,761$2,692 to $11,220

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $851 to $21,878Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $525 to $1,445
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,761professional $977

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
$4,365.16
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$25,703.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,445.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,187.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$912.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$229.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$13,803.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,348.96
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$831.76
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,548.82
6 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
$295.12
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 5.8 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

Connecticut· 6th of 51

$7,738

$977 physician + $6,761 facility

CO $11,046MT $1,910

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.