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Open Repair of a Broken Radius Shaft

Alabama rates for HCPCS 25515

Surgery that opens the forearm to line up a break in the shaft of the radius, the thumb-side forearm bone, and hold it with a plate and screws or a rod. It is used when the break cannot be held in the correct position with a cast alone. Fixing the bone in good alignment protects the ability to turn the palm up and down.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Open Repair of a Broken Radius Shaft cost?

$8,557

Typical total for the visit. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,557 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,762 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$794$661 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,762$3,981 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $7,762Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,148
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,762professional $794

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
$776.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$7,762.47
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,071.52
7 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
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$11,748.98

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 6.4 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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

Alabama· 7th of 51

$8,557

$794 physician + $7,762 facility

CO $13,816MT $2,168

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.