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Plate And Screw Repair Of A Broken Shin Bone

Mississippi 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?

$4,692

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,692 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,380 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,380$832 to $1,950
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$1,820 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $955 to $15,849Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $794 to $2,042
$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $1,380

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
$776.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11,220.18
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$11,220.18
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$13,182.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,548.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,089.30
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
$870.96
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 40th of 51

$4,692

$1,380 physician + $3,311 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.