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Plate And Screw Repair Of A Broken Shin Bone

Alabama 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?

$8,810

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,810 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,762 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$1,047$871 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,762$4,467 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $7,762Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $741 to $1,479
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,762professional $1,047

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
$794.33
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$7,762.47
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$10,471.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,412.54
7 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
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$11,748.98

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 13th of 51

$8,810

$1,047 physician + $7,762 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.