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Lower Leg Bone Fracture Treatment Without Surgery

Iowa rates for HCPCS 27780

This treats a fracture of the fibula, the thinner of the two bones in the lower leg, near the knee or along its shaft, using a cast or splint rather than surgery. It applies when the bone fragments are already positioned well enough that they don't need to be manually realigned. Follow-up imaging is used to confirm the bone is healing properly.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Lower Leg Bone Fracture Treatment Without Surgery cost?

$1,306

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,306 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $646 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$661$490 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$646$372 to $1,047

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $204 to $2,344Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $331 to $871
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $646professional $661

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
$467.74
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$812.83
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$588.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$812.83
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$316.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$870.96
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$812.83
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$870.96
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
$144.54
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$354.81

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 6.5 times more in Connecticut than in Maryland. 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

Iowa· 10th of 51

$1,306

$661 physician + $646 facility

CT $3,149MD $483

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.