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Anesthesia for Forearm, Wrist or Hand Procedures

Virginia 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?

$64.57

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $64.57 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $57.54 from a physician practice, and about $67.61 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$57.54$37.15 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$67.61$33.88 to $245

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $68 · 10th to 90th $27 to $2,089Professionalmedian $58 · 10th to 90th $30 to $302
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $68professional $58

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
$245.47
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$302.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$302.00
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$269.15
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$338.84
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,786.30
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$97.72
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$89.13

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 18th of 51

$64.57

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.