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Preventive Forearm Bone Reinforcement

Massachusetts 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?

$4,289

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,289 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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$977$776 to $1,622
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$2,089 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $891 to $7,762Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $692 to $2,138
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $3,311professional $977

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
$1,778.28
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,041.74
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$45,708.82
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,041.74
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$13,182.57
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,041.74
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$45,708.82
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 32nd of 50

$4,289

$977 physician + $3,311 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.