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Surgery for a Broken Heel Bone

Iowa 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?

$4,169

Typical facility fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,169 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,455 to $6,761.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $13,490Professionalmedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $3,631
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,898professional $2,138

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
$2,238.72
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,332.54
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$17,782.79
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$19,054.61

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 27th of 50

$4,169

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.