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Surgery for a Broken Heel Bone

California rates for HCPCS 28415

Repairs a break in the calcaneus, the heel bone, through an incision. The flattened or displaced pieces are lifted back into shape and held with screws or a plate so the heel keeps its height and alignment. It is used for heel fractures badly out of position, which most often follow a fall from a height.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Surgery for a Broken Heel Bone cost?

$7,413

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,413 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $4,898 to $10,965.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $2,754 to $16,982Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $912 to $2,570
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $7,586professional $1,288

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$20,892.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$15,848.93
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$12,022.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$9,120.11
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,659.59
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,818.38
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27,542.29
Median
$27,542.29
Typical High
$45,708.82
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$28,840.32

Where California sits

The same service costs 14.1 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. 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.

California· 13th of 50

$7,413

IN $17,783MD $1,259

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.