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Setting a Broken Ankle Joint Surface

South Carolina 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?

$1,599

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,599 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,023 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$575$437 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,023$776 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $603 to $7,586Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $105 to $813
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,023professional $575

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
$575.44
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$645.65
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$7,762.47
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$912.01
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$831.76
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$870.96
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$436.52
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$489.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$194.98
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$138.04
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$138.04
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$138.04

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 45th of 51

$1,599

$575 physician + $1,023 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.