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Ankle Fusion

Wyoming rates for HCPCS 27870

Joins the shin bone to the bone below it so the ankle no longer bends, through an incision at the ankle. The worn joint surfaces are cleaned back to raw bone and held together with screws, plates or a frame until they grow into a single solid block. It is used for a badly worn or damaged ankle where pain, not movement, is the main problem.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Ankle Fusion cost?

$16,470

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16,470 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,344 to the doctor who performs it, and $14,125 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,344$1,950 to $2,951
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$14,125$8,913 to $14,125

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14,125 · 10th to 90th $6,457 to $23,988Professionalmedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $3,548
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $14,125professional $2,344

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14,125.38
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$14,125.38
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14,125.38
Median
$22,908.68
Typical High
$33,113.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,630.78

Where Wyoming sits

The same service costs 8.1 times more in Alaska than in Hawaii. 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

Wyoming· 2nd of 51

$16,470

$2,344 physician + $14,125 facility

AK $24,967HI $3,079

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.