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Reinforcing One Forearm Bone Before A Break

Virginia 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?

$832

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $832 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $832 from a physician practice, and about $6,166 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$832$741 to $977
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,166$1,905 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $871 to $16,218Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,230
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,166professional $832

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,148.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,513.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$162.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$141.25
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$16,218.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,258.93
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,318.26
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$12,882.50
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$21,877.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,513.56
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 39th of 51

$832

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.