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Procedure price report · Treatment, fracture or dislocation of lower extremity (other than hip or femur)

Pinning a broken heel bone through the skin

CPT 28406the billing code this page is about

Repositioning a fractured heel bone and holding it with pins or screws placed through small punctures rather than an open incision.

Hospitals typically charge $2,539 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 381 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,303. Most fall between $951 and $8,413 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
381
States
45
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 381 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$618$1,064$2,539$6,707$11,609

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 19× what the cheapest tenth charges ($618 vs $11,609).

How the prices are spread

$494 – $694: 29 hospitals$494$694 – $975: 35 hospitals$975 – $1,368: 67 hospitals$975$1,368 – $1,922: 29 hospitals$1,922 – $2,699: 21 hospitals$1,922$2,699 – $3,790: 15 hospitals$3,790 – $5,322: 21 hospitals$3,790$5,322 – $7,474: 58 hospitals$7,474 – $10,495: 41 hospitals$7,474$10,495 – $14,738: 28 hospitals$10,495median $2,539price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (344 of 381 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$494$69429
$694$97535
$975$1,36867
$1,368$1,92229
$1,922$2,69921
$2,699$3,79015
$3,790$5,32221
$5,322$7,47458
$7,474$10,49541
$10,495$14,73828

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$7,413
Median cash price$2,539
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.34×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,539.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,539 across 14 hospitalsMN$2,539Illinois: median $1,058 across 15 hospitalsIL$1,058Wisconsin: median $2,836 across 15 hospitalsWI$2,836Michigan: median $1,115 across 26 hospitalsMI$1,115New York: median $8,454 across 24 hospitalsNY$8,454Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,104 across 13 hospitalsOR$1,104Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,333 across 17 hospitalsIA$1,333Indiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $1,706 across 13 hospitalsOH$1,706Pennsylvania: median $385 across 18 hospitalsPA$385New Jersey: median $6,311 across 24 hospitalsNJ$6,311Connecticut: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $6,026 across 29 hospitalsCA$6,026Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: median $11,609 across 10 hospitalsSC$11,609Oklahoma: median $951 across 13 hospitalsOK$951Louisiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $28,473 across 12 hospitalsGA$28,473Hawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,887 across 24 hospitalsTX$5,887Florida: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,539. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA12$28,473+1022%$23,258 – $28,473
South Carolina SC10$11,609+357%$5,416 – $11,609
New York NY24$8,454+233%$1,064 – $8,454
New Jersey NJ24$6,311+149%$4,627 – $7,914
California CA29$6,026+137%$1,821 – $6,026
Texas TX24$5,887+132%$1,754 – $5,887
Wisconsin WI15$2,836+12%$2,836 – $3,803
Minnesota MN14$2,5390%$1,441 – $2,539
Ohio OH13$1,706−33%$911 – $2,669
Iowa IA17$1,333−48%$1,333 – $1,442
Michigan MI26$1,115−56%$1,029 – $1,294
Oregon OR13$1,104−57%$1,104 – $1,891
Illinois IL15$1,058−58%$615 – $1,276
Oklahoma OK13$951−63%$951 – $11,419
Pennsylvania PA18$385−85%$221 – $12,077
Indiana IN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $2,539.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care310$3,475$951 – $8,454
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access62$1,819$897 – $3,803
Ownership
For-profit41$4,828$911 – $13,609
Government63$1,754$948 – $8,454
Non-profit277$2,539$951 – $7,807
System affiliation
Part of a system313$2,836$951 – $8,454
Independent68$1,414$935 – $6,474

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,364
Median cash price$2,539
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

218 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,458 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,917; most fall between $805 and $6,570.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 218 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$523$951$1,458$6,026$12,572

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 24× what the cheapest tenth charges ($523 vs $12,572).

Of the 231 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 218 gave a usable cash price; 8 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 5 a list price only.

How complete is this

381 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (10%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 403 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted381
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here17
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded4
Hospitals that filed this code403

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Treatment, fracture or dislocation of lower extremity (other than hip or femur) family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Percut Rx Heel Fx.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Pinning a broken heel bone through the skin (CPT 28406) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-28406-pinning-a-broken-heel-bone-through-the-skin