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Reattachment Of A Severed Forearm

Rhode Island rates for HCPCS 20805

Emergency microsurgery to reattach an arm that has been completely severed below the elbow. Bone is stabilized first, then the arteries, veins, nerves, tendons and muscles are repaired under magnification so blood flow, movement and feeling can return. It is a long operation and is followed by months of therapy.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Reattachment Of A Severed Forearm cost?

$3,715

Typical physician fee. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,715 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,020 to $4,677.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $3,715 to $33,113Professionalmedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $2,951 to $6,026
$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,762professional $3,715

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,677.35
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$33,113.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,079.46

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in California 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.

Rhode Island· 34th of 51

$3,715

CA $10,000DE $3,236

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.