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Plate And Screw Repair Of A Broken Shin Bone

Alaska rates for HCPCS 27758

Repairs a break in the shaft of the shin bone through an incision, straightening the pieces under direct view and holding them with a metal plate and screws, sometimes with wire loops around the bone. A break in the slimmer bone beside it may be treated at the same time.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Plate And Screw Repair Of A Broken Shin Bone cost?

$19,480

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19,480 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,631 to the doctor who performs it, and $15,849 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$3,631$2,188 to $4,074
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$15,849$8,128 to $22,909

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15,849 · 10th to 90th $4,365 to $29,512Professionalmedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $891 to $4,786
$100$1K$10Kfacility $15,849professional $3,631

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
$2,344.23
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$16,982.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13,803.84
Median
$22,908.68
Typical High
$50,118.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,951.21
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,128.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,248.07
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$25,118.86
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$40,738.03
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,495.41

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 6.8 times more in Alaska 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

Alaska· 1st of 51

$19,480

$3,631 physician + $15,849 facility

AK $19,480MT $2,858

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.