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Open Repair of a Broken Radius Shaft

Indiana 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?

$8,226

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,226 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,413 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$813$646 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,413$2,692 to $14,791

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $891 to $28,840Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,202
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,413professional $813

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
$630.96
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$870.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$14,454.40
Typical High
$33,113.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,122.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,737.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$724.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$190.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$162.18
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$9,332.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$4,570.88
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$11,748.98
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,174.90
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
$288.40
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$478.63

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 8th of 51

$8,226

$813 physician + $7,413 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.