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Pin Stabilization Of An Ankle Bone Fracture

North Carolina 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?

$603

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $603 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $575 from a physician practice, and about $1,202 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$575$490 to $912
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,202$589 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $490 to $8,511Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $389 to $1,259
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,202professional $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
$489.78
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$10,964.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$933.25
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$954.99
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28,840.32
Median
$28,840.32
Typical High
$28,840.32
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,365.16

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 36th of 51

$603

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.