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Anesthesia for Forearm, Wrist or Hand Procedures

North Carolina 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?

$44.67

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $44.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $44.67 from a physician practice, and about $302 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$44.67$30.20 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$302$240 to $490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $302 · 10th to 90th $30 to $1,820Professionalmedian $45 · 10th to 90th $30 to $427
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $302professional $45

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
$30.20
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$354.81
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,677.35
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$323.59
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 48th of 51

$44.67

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.