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Plate And Screw Repair Of A Broken Shin Bone

Arkansas 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?

$10,621

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,621 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,550 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,072$955 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,550$2,512 to $13,183

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,550 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $16,218Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $891 to $1,445
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $9,550professional $1,072

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
$1,071.52
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$18,197.01
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,659.59
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
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 8th of 51

$10,621

$1,072 physician + $9,550 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.