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Open Repair of a Broken Radius Shaft

Iowa 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?

$6,689

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,689 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,318$1,047 to $1,549
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$1,820 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $15,136Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,862
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $1,318

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
$1,071.52
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$9,120.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,862.09
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$17,378.01
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$5,011.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,819.70
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$9,120.11
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,398.83
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,862.09
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,548.82
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
$309.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 17th of 51

$6,689

$1,318 physician + $5,370 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.