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Surgery for a Broken Heel Bone

North Carolina 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?

$3,981

Typical facility fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,981 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,380 to $8,511.

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 $3,981 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $12,303Professionalmedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $2,570
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $2,042

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$12,302.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$23,442.29
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27,542.29
Median
$27,542.29
Typical High
$45,708.82
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 31st of 50

$3,981

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.