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Pin Stabilization Of An Ankle Bone Fracture

Delaware 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?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $4,074 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 3 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$468 to $537
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,074$1,479 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $525 to $7,244Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,000
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $4,074professional $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. 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
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$812.83

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware· 51st of 51

$501

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.