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Plate And Screw Repair Of A Broken Shin Bone

Virginia 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?

$8,413

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,413 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,413 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,000$891 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,413$2,188 to $12,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $955 to $16,982Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $813 to $1,445
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,413professional $1,000

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
$1,000.00
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,819.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,230.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,819.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$776.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$194.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$169.82
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$16,982.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,412.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,230.27
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$12,882.50
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$26,915.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,621.81
6 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
$467.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 15th of 51

$8,413

$1,000 physician + $7,413 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.