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Plate And Screw Repair Of A Broken Shin Bone

Colorado 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?

$16,050

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16,050 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,259 to the doctor who performs it, and $14,791 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$1,259$1,023 to $1,622
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$14,791$6,026 to $18,621

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14,791 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $25,704Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $912 to $1,995
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $14,791professional $1,259

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
$1,659.59
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,698.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$38,904.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$16,982.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,584.89
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,905.46
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,698.24
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$14,791.08
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,819.70
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
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 3rd of 51

$16,050

$1,259 physician + $14,791 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.