go back

Plate And Screw Repair Of A Broken Shin Bone

North Dakota 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?

$4,934

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,934 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,698 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$1,698$1,349 to $1,950
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$891 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $891 to $5,754Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $891 to $2,239
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,236professional $1,698

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
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,754.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,778.28
2 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
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,311.31

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 39th of 51

$4,934

$1,698 physician + $3,236 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.