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Plate And Screw Repair Of A Broken Shin Bone

Ohio 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?

$5,511

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,511 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,786 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$724$316 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,786$1,549 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $871 to $13,490Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $89 to $1,175
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,786professional $724

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
$2,398.83
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$4,570.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$19,054.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aultcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$11,220.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$13,489.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$13,182.57
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,584.89
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,000.00
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,495.41
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
10 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
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,290.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,089.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$891.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$676.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$199.53

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 31st of 51

$5,511

$724 physician + $4,786 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.