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Reinforcing One Forearm Bone Before A Break

Montana rates for HCPCS 25491

Strengthens a single bone of the forearm before it breaks, using a rod, plate, pins, or wires, sometimes with bone cement to fill a weakened cavity. It is done when the bone has been weakened by a tumor or another disease and is likely to fracture under ordinary use. Only one of the two forearm bones is treated, rather than both.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Reinforcing One Forearm Bone Before A Break cost?

$1,175

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,175 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,175 from a physician practice, and about $1,202 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,175$776 to $1,175
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,202$1,175 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $7,079Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $85 to $1,259
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,202professional $1,175

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$30,902.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,348.96
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,258.93
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$30,902.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 7.9 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Montana· 20th of 51

$1,175

AK $3,020TX $380

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.