Surgery and procedures CPT 27786 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Broken ankle treatment cost in Lafayette, LA — inpatient

In Lafayette, LA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for broken ankle (outer ankle bone) treatment without surgery or setting as an inpatient: from $90.62 to $314.16, with a median of $123.30. The lowest listed price is at Acadia General Hospital — $32.68 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $161.73 at 33 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 27786, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$90.62Acadia General Hospital

Median$123.30half of hospitals charge less

Highest$314.16in this market

Difference3.5×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Lafayette, LA.

median

Lowest $90.62Highest $314.16

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Acadia General Hospital lowest Crowley, LA · (337) 783-3222 HC CL TX DST FIB FX WO MAN File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$90.62	$394.00	—	77%
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital Breaux Bridge, LA · (337) 332-2178 HC CL TX DST FIB FX WO MAN File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$123.30	$411.00	—	70%
Lafayette General Medical Center Lafayette, LA · (337) 289-7991 HC CL TX DST FIB FX WO MAN File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$314.16	$1,496.00	—	79%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More

Inpatient: lowest $90.62, median $123.30, highest $314.16 — a 3.5× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $123.30 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

This code covers treating a fracture of the outer ankle bone (distal fibula) that does not need to be set or operated on, usually with a boot or cast.

What the price covers

The price usually covers the fracture care and routine follow-up. X-rays and casting supplies may be billed separately.