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Pin Stabilization Of An Ankle Bone Fracture

Alaska rates for HCPCS 28436

This is a procedure to stabilize a fracture of the ankle bone (talus) using pins or wires inserted through the skin after the fracture fragments have been repositioned. It avoids the need for a full open incision to hold the bone in place while it heals.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Pin Stabilization Of An Ankle Bone Fracture cost?

$1,259

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,259 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,380 from a physician practice, and about $1,023 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,380$468 to $2,188
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,023$646 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $479 to $7,079Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $407 to $2,630
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,023professional $1,380

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
$1,513.56
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,479.11
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,570.40
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,884.03
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,818.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,570.40
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 7.9 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Alaska· 5th of 51

$1,259

CA $3,981DE $501

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.