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Soft Tissue Reconstruction For An Unstable Wrist Joint

Iowa rates for HCPCS 25337

Rebuilds the support around the joint between the two forearm bones at the wrist when that joint has become loose and painful. Tendon tissue is used to create a new restraint, by transferring, grafting, or weaving a tendon across the joint, and the joint may be put back into place through an incision at the same time. It is done when an earlier injury or previous surgery has left the end of the forearm bone unstable.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Soft Tissue Reconstruction For An Unstable Wrist Joint cost?

$6,750

Typical total for the visit. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,750 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,738 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,738$1,413 to $2,042
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$2,188 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $14,791Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $2,512
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,012professional $1,738

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,454.71
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$17,378.01
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$6,606.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,398.83
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,762.47
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,454.71
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,041.74
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 4.9 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Iowa· 12th of 51

$6,750

$1,738 physician + $5,012 facility

CO $14,113MT $2,858

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.