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Anesthesia for Forearm, Wrist or Hand Procedures

Colorado rates for HCPCS 01850

Covers the anesthesia care given during a procedure on the forearm, wrist or hand. The anesthesia clinician provides a general anesthetic, a nerve block that numbs the arm, or a combination, then monitors breathing, heart rhythm and blood pressure throughout and manages recovery afterwards. The surgeon's work on the limb is a separate service and is billed separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Anesthesia for Forearm, Wrist or Hand Procedures cost?

$52.48

Typical physician fee. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $52.48 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $44.67 to $269.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $45 to $3,020Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $42 to $447
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $324professional $50

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
$44.67
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$575.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$302.00
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,786.30
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$104.71

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 11.5 times more in New York 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.

Colorado· 25th of 51

$52.48

NY $347DE $30.20

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.