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Anesthesia for Forearm, Wrist or Hand Procedures

New York 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?

$347

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $347 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $347 from a physician practice, and about $275 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 8 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$347$89.13 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$275$39.81 to $437

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $275 · 10th to 90th $34 to $589Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $42 to $741
$100$1K$10Kfacility $275professional $347

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
$33.88
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$457.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$457.09
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$457.09
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$288.40
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50,118.72
Median
$53,703.18
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$758.58
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$131.83
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$288.40

Where New York 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.

New York· 1st of 51

$347

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.