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Preventive Forearm Bone Reinforcement

Alabama rates for HCPCS 25490

A preventive surgical procedure that reinforces the thumb-side forearm bone (the radius) with hardware such as a rod, pins, plate, or wire, sometimes along with a special bone cement. It is performed before an actual break occurs, usually because a weakened area in the bone puts it at risk of fracturing.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Preventive Forearm Bone Reinforcement cost?

$5,329

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,329 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$759$646 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$1,259 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $912 to $10,965Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,445
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $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
$794.33
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$12,589.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 15.8 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

Alabama· 23rd of 50

$5,329

$759 physician + $4,571 facility

IN $23,146WV $1,467

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.