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Open Repair of a Broken Radius Shaft

Idaho 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?

$6,985

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,985 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,754 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,230$1,047 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,754$3,020 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $16,218Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $813 to $1,479
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,754professional $1,230

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
$1,621.81
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$18,620.87
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$13,489.63
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,621.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,548.82
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,022.64
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$23,442.29
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,621.81
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$10,715.19
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,412.54
23 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
$436.52
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$28,183.83
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$186.21
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 12th of 51

$6,985

$1,230 physician + $5,754 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.