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Pin Stabilization Of An Ankle Bone Fracture

Colorado 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?

$955

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $955 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $513 from a physician practice, and about $10,715 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 7 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$501 to $741
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10,715$3,311 to $20,893

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,715 · 10th to 90th $676 to $35,481Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,288
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $10,715professional $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
$1,584.89
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,548.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14,125.38
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$38,904.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$27,542.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$954.99
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,778.28
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,071.52
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 10th of 51

$955

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.