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Setting a Broken Ankle Joint Surface

Kentucky 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?

$1,937

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,937 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$525$457 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$661 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $479 to $3,890Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $407 to $813
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,413professional $525

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
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$691.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$794.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,174.90
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,412.54
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$3,467.37
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$912.01
12 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$407.38

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 31st of 51

$1,937

$525 physician + $1,413 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.