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Plate And Screw Repair Of A Broken Shin Bone

Iowa 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?

$7,108

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,108 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,738 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,738$1,380 to $2,042
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$2,399 to $15,136

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $24,547Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $955 to $2,455
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $5,370professional $1,738

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
$1,412.54
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$18,620.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,454.71
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$6,606.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,454.71
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$18,620.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,019.95
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$33,884.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,454.71
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,041.74
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
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 24th of 51

$7,108

$1,738 physician + $5,370 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.