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Pin Stabilization Of An Ankle Bone Fracture

Illinois 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?

$832

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $832 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $646 from a physician practice, and about $1,905 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 6 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$646$501 to $891
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,905$1,148 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $724 to $9,333Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,288
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $646

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
$602.56
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$12,589.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,748.98
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$11,748.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$977.24
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,995.26
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$691.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 15th of 51

$832

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.