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Setting a Broken Ankle Joint Surface

Alaska rates for HCPCS 27825

Treats a break in the lower end of the shin bone where it forms the weight-bearing surface of the ankle joint, without opening the skin. The pieces are brought back into position by pulling and manoeuvring the limb, sometimes with traction applied through a pin, and the leg is then held still in a cast, splint or frame. X-rays are used to check that the joint surface is lined up.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Setting a Broken Ankle Joint Surface cost?

$4,496

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,496 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,042 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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$2,042$1,413 to $2,291
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,905 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $7,079Professionalmedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $525 to $2,630
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $2,042

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
$1,949.84
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,778.28
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,606.93
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,235.94
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,511.89
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,290.87
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,918.31
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,818.38
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
$251.19
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in Colorado than in Alabama. 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

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$4,496

$2,042 physician + $2,455 facility

CO $5,057AL $1,277

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.