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Pin Stabilization Of An Ankle Bone Fracture

Florida 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?

$537

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $6,310 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$490$417 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,310$2,239 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $871 to $14,125Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $372 to $813
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $6,310professional $490

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
$776.25
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$794.33
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$11,220.18
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$6,309.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$954.99
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$23,442.29
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$524.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$977.24
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$524.81

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 43rd of 51

$537

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.