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Pin Stabilization Of An Ankle Bone Fracture

Arkansas 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?

$589

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $589 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $513 from a physician practice, and about $1,820 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$513$457 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,820$1,072 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $562 to $7,586Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $389 to $708
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $513

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
$537.03
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$9,120.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$912.01

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 38th of 51

$589

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.