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Setting a Broken Ankle Joint Surface

Virginia 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?

$2,261

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,261 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$562$501 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$813 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $562 to $5,754Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $447 to $832
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,698professional $562

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
$616.60
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$831.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$676.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,023.29
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$831.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$891.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$758.58
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,630.78
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$954.99
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
$263.03
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$426.58

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 17th of 51

$2,261

$562 physician + $1,698 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.