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Wrist Joint Replacement, Small Wrist Bone

New Hampshire 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?

$11,003

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,003 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,772 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,230$912 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,772$2,884 to $11,749

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,772 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $15,849Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $794 to $1,995
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $9,772professional $1,230

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
$100.00
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$15,848.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,047.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$19,952.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,302.69
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$12,302.69
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,302.69
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 8th of 50

$11,003

$1,230 physician + $9,772 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.