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Fusion of the Joint Between the Two Leg Bones

Montana rates for HCPCS 27871

Fuses the joint where the shin bone and the slender outer bone of the lower leg meet — either up near the knee or down at the ankle — so the two grow together and stop moving against each other. It is used when that joint has been disrupted or has become painfully unstable, most often after injury. The surfaces are prepared and held with screws or a plate while they knit.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Fusion of the Joint Between the Two Leg Bones cost?

$2,218

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,218 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,122 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,096$724 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,122$1,096 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $977 to $9,120Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $525 to $1,175
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,122professional $1,096

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$30,902.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,258.93
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,174.90
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$30,902.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 11.8 times more in Alaska than in West Virginia. 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

Montana· 50th of 51

$2,218

$1,096 physician + $1,122 facility

AK $23,236WV $1,973

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.