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Setting a Broken Ankle Joint Surface

North Dakota 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?

$1,732

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,732 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $661 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,072$871 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$661$550 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,698Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $550 to $1,445
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $661professional $1,072

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
$489.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
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
$245.47
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 37th of 51

$1,732

$1,072 physician + $661 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.