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Removal Of An Artificial Wrist Joint

New Jersey rates for HCPCS 25250

Takes out an artificial wrist joint that was implanted at an earlier operation. The wrist is opened, the implant parts are lifted out of the bone, and the area is cleaned before closure. This is the straightforward version, where the implant comes out without extensive rebuilding of the surrounding bone.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of An Artificial Wrist Joint cost?

$676

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $562 from a physician practice, and about $5,888 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 5 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$562$525 to $977
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,888$4,365 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $10,715Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $468 to $3,236
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,888professional $562

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
$2,570.40
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,737.80
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$891.25
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$8,128.31
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 5.5 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.

New Jersey· 39th of 51

$676

CA $2,951DE $537

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.