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Reinforcing Both Forearm Bones Before A Break

Pennsylvania 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?

$1,047

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,047 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $955 from a physician practice, and about $4,266 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 9 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$955$871 to $1,148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,266$2,455 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $8,318Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $813 to $1,479
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $955

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
$1,023.29
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,862.09
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,862.09
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,801.89
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,288.25
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,548.13
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 43rd of 51

$1,047

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.