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Pin Stabilization Of An Ankle Bone Fracture

Nebraska 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?

$1,000

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $794 from a physician practice, and about $6,026 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$794$490 to $1,096
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,026$3,631 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $851 to $13,490Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $457 to $2,818
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,026professional $794

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
$2,344.23
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$20,892.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$10,471.29
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$3,715.35
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,548.82
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$7,762.47
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 8th of 51

$1,000

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.