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Pin Stabilization Of An Ankle Bone Fracture

Ohio 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?

$537

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 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 8 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$479$355 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$2,455 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $912 to $12,589Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $269 to $1,514
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $4,365professional $479

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
$912.01
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$4,365.16
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$22,908.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$660.69
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$912.01
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$21,379.62
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$912.01
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$831.76

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 44th of 51

$537

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.