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Reinforcing Both Forearm Bones Before A Break

Iowa rates for HCPCS 25492

Strengthens both bones of the forearm before they break, 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 with ordinary use. Treating both forearm bones in the same operation is what sets this apart from strengthening a single bone.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Reinforcing Both Forearm Bones Before A Break cost?

$1,585

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,585 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,413 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,413$912 to $2,089
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$3,388 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $832 to $3,981
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $1,413

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
$1,412.54
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,630.27
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$9,772.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$6,760.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,890.45
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,570.40
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 6.8 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Iowa· 14th of 51

$1,585

CA $6,166DE $912

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.