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Pin Stabilization Of An Ankle Bone Fracture

Iowa 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 Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $794 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $741 from a physician practice, and about $4,467 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$741$513 to $1,047
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,467$2,951 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $794 to $13,490Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $457 to $2,630
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,467professional $741

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
$812.83
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,479.11
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$17,782.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$3,715.35
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,513.56
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,288.25
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 20th 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.