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Open Repair of a Broken Radius Shaft

Michigan 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?

$5,157

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,157 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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$891$776 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$2,818 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $8,511Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $617 to $1,479
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $891

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
$870.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,995.26
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$15,135.61
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$954.99
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$891.25
13 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
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 29th of 51

$5,157

$891 physician + $4,266 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.