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Pin Stabilization Of An Ankle Bone Fracture

Alabama 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?

$794

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $794 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $3,090 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 4 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$501$407 to $794
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$1,259 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $776 to $9,772Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $363 to $955
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $501

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
$758.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$11,748.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$794.33

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 19th of 51

$794

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.