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Pin Stabilization Of An Ankle Bone Fracture

Louisiana 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?

$759

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $759 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $575 from a physician practice, and about $2,512 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$575$468 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,512$1,096 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $661 to $8,913Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $427 to $912
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $575

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
$645.65
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$14,125.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$794.33
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$851.14

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 21st of 51

$759

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.