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Setting a Broken Ankle Joint Surface

Nebraska 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?

$2,365

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,365 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$851$646 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$1,047 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $832 to $6,607Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,349
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,514professional $851

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
$512.86
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$912.01
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$9,120.11
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,786.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$4,073.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,513.56
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,698.24
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,348.96
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
$229.09
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$549.54

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 14th of 51

$2,365

$851 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.