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Pin Stabilization Of An Ankle Bone Fracture

Utah 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?

$724

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $724 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $603 from a physician practice, and about $3,715 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$603$479 to $1,023
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,715$3,162 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $603 to $7,079Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $427 to $2,818
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,715professional $603

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
$602.56
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,096.48
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$851.14
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$21,379.62
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,023.29
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$794.33

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 24th of 51

$724

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.