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Pin Stabilization Of An Ankle Bone Fracture

Pennsylvania 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?

$562

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $562 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $3,802 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 9 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$501$457 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,802$1,820 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $955 to $8,318Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $437 to $794
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $501

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
$954.99
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$741.31
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$977.24
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$870.96
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,570.40
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$562.34
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,090.30
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$21,379.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$912.01

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 42nd of 51

$562

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.