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Plate And Screw Repair Of A Broken Shin Bone

Minnesota 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?

$5,287

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,287 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,820 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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$1,820$1,349 to $2,570
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,778 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $891 to $12,023Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $891 to $3,388
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $3,467professional $1,820

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
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$48,977.88
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,715.35
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,630.78
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,548.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$11,220.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,235.94
12 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$25,703.96
Median
$47,863.01
Typical High
$85,113.80
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 34th of 51

$5,287

$1,820 physician + $3,467 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.