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Open Repair of a Broken Radius Shaft

Illinois 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?

$7,458

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,458 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,607 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$851$708 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,607$2,818 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,607 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $12,303Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,288
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $6,607professional $851

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
$707.95
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$5,888.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$12,589.25
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$10,471.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,202.26
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,754.23
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$954.99
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,348.96
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
$316.23
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 10th of 51

$7,458

$851 physician + $6,607 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.