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Setting a Broken Ankle Joint Surface

Iowa 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?

$2,636

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,636 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,122 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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$1,122$871 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$1,148 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $813 to $5,012Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,479
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,514professional $1,122

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
$794.33
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,412.54
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$4,786.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$4,073.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,380.38
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,698.24
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,513.56
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,479.11
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
$398.11
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$616.60

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 10th of 51

$2,636

$1,122 physician + $1,514 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.