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Pin Stabilization Of An Ankle Bone Fracture

New Jersey 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?

$646

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $646 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 from a physician practice, and about $6,166 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$525$457 to $871
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,166$4,571 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $3,090 to $10,965Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $417 to $2,818
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,166professional $525

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
$3,090.30
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,513.56
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$851.14
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,848.93
Median
$23,988.33
Typical High
$33,113.11
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 31st of 51

$646

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.