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Anesthesia for Forearm, Wrist or Hand Procedures

Kentucky 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?

$47.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $47.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $47.86 from a physician practice, and about $47.86 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 6 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$47.86$44.67 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$47.86$47.86 to $174

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $48 · 10th to 90th $45 to $309Professionalmedian $48 · 10th to 90th $37 to $275
$20$50$100$200$500facility $48professional $48

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
$47.86
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$275.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$269.15
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$316.23
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$524.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$77.62

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 38th of 51

$47.86

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.