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Plate And Screw Repair Of A Broken Shin Bone

South 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?

$5,056

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,056 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,820 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,820$1,318 to $2,138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,288 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $10,965Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $891 to $2,455
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $1,820

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$12,022.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$6,606.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$13,803.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,949.84
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,454.71
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where South 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

South Dakota· 38th of 51

$5,056

$1,820 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.