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Preventive Forearm Bone Reinforcement

Iowa 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?

$6,046

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,046 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,148 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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$1,148$724 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$3,388 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $13,490Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $661 to $3,981
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,898professional $1,148

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
$1,148.15
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,089.30
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$17,782.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$6,025.60
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,235.94
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,041.74
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 19th of 50

$6,046

$1,148 physician + $4,898 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.