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Pin Stabilization Of An Ankle Bone Fracture

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $759 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $646 from a physician practice, and about $2,818 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$646$513 to $1,148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,818$1,778 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $661 to $5,754Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,514
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,818professional $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
$1,513.56
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,445.44
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$28,840.32
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,412.54
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,467.37
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$870.96
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$28,840.32
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 22nd 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.