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Lower Leg Bone Fracture Treatment Without Surgery

North Carolina 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?

$680

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $680 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $263 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$417$339 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$263$155 to $468

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $100 to $1,175Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $282 to $832
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $263professional $417

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
$281.84
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$512.86
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$707.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$537.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$707.95
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
$141.25
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$223.87
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$758.58
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$251.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$380.19

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 42nd of 51

$680

$417 physician + $263 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.