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Plate And Screw Repair Of A Broken Shin Bone

South Carolina 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?

$7,439

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,439 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,607 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$832$457 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,607$1,698 to $13,490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,607 · 10th to 90th $977 to $19,953Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $105 to $1,288
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $6,607professional $832

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
$1,023.29
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$18,620.87
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$13,489.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$8,511.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,584.89
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$794.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$316.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$223.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$223.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$223.87

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 22nd of 51

$7,439

$832 physician + $6,607 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.