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Setting a Broken Ankle Joint Surface

Minnesota 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?

$2,466

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,466 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,148 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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$1,148$813 to $1,549
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$759 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $501 to $3,548Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $562 to $2,042
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,318professional $1,148

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
$501.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,951.21
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,165.95
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,238.72
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,290.87
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,949.84
8 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
$251.19
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$56.23
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$10,715.19
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,691.53

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 12th of 51

$2,466

$1,148 physician + $1,318 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.