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Plate And Screw Repair Of A Broken Shin Bone

Indiana 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?

$12,292

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12,292 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $11,220 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$1,072$871 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$11,220$3,311 to $21,878

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11,220 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $39,811Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $759 to $1,622
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $11,220professional $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
$831.76
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,071.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$45,708.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,513.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,290.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$954.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$257.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$213.80
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$18,620.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$19,054.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$5,754.40
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$22,387.21
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,584.89
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
$380.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$645.65

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 5th of 51

$12,292

$1,072 physician + $11,220 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.