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Wrist Joint Replacement, Small Wrist Bone

Indiana rates for HCPCS 25444

This service replaces one of the small bones of the wrist, called the lunate, with an artificial implant. It is used when this bone's joint surface is too damaged by disease or injury to be repaired, often due to a loss of its blood supply. The implant helps restore wrist alignment and reduce pain.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Wrist Joint Replacement, Small Wrist Bone cost?

$31,051

Typical total for the visit. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $31,051 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $30,200 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$851$776 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$30,200$10,471 to $42,658

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30,200 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $48,978Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,622
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $30,200professional $851

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
$1,202.26
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$16,218.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,318.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$35,481.34
Typical High
$52,480.75
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,698.24
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Indiana sits

The same service costs 18.4 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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

Indiana· 1st of 50

$31,051

$851 physician + $30,200 facility

IN $31,051WV $1,684

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.