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Pin Stabilization Of An Ankle Bone Fracture

Virginia 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?

$631

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $631 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $575 from a physician practice, and about $2,754 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$575$501 to $813
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,754$575 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $490 to $9,772Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,660
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $575

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
$537.03
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$3,630.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$15,488.17
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,258.93
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,047.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$741.31
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$933.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$7,413.10
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$912.01

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 32nd of 51

$631

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.