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Plate And Screw Repair Of A Broken Shin Bone

Montana 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?

$2,858

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,858 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,413 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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$1,413$1,047 to $1,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$1,413 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $9,120Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $794 to $1,514
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,445professional $1,413

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$6,309.57
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$30,902.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,513.56
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$30,902.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$2,858

$1,413 physician + $1,445 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.