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Open Repair of a Broken Radius Shaft

North Dakota 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?

$4,524

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,524 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,288 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,288$1,023 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$661 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $661 to $5,495Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,698
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,236professional $1,288

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$9,332.54
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,754.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,318.26
2 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
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,570.40

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 39th of 51

$4,524

$1,288 physician + $3,236 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.