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Growth Plate Arrest of One Forearm Bone

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 25450

Surgery that stops further growth at the growth plate near the wrist end of one of the two forearm bones in a child or teenager. Halting growth on one side lets the other bone catch up so the wrist stays balanced. It is planned from x-rays that estimate how much growing is left.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Growth Plate Arrest of One Forearm Bone cost?

$1,000

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $759 from a physician practice, and about $2,692 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$759$589 to $955
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,692$1,318 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $759 to $6,761Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $513 to $1,202
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $759

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
$758.58
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,471.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,000.00
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 7.8 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.

Louisiana· 21st of 51

$1,000

CA $4,786DE $617

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.