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Anesthesia for Forearm, Wrist or Hand Procedures

Minnesota 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?

$50.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $50.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $50.12 from a physician practice, and about $34.67 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 4 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$50.12$40.74 to $87.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$34.67$34.67 to $219

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $35 to $240Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $35 to $309
$50$100$200$500facility $35professional $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
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$489.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$239.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$109.65

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 31st of 51

$50.12

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.