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Pin Stabilization Of An Ankle Bone Fracture

Indiana 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?

$631

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $631 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $20,893 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 5 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$479$457 to $603
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20,893$5,129 to $30,903

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20,893 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $35,481Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $398 to $794
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $20,893professional $479

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
$724.44
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$794.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$26,302.68
Typical High
$38,904.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$758.58
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$831.76

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 33rd of 51

$631

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.