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Open Repair of a Broken Radius Shaft

Nebraska 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?

$7,137

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,137 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,514 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,623 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$1,514$1,230 to $1,622
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,623$2,884 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $12,023Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $813 to $5,012
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,623professional $1,514

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
$1,348.96
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,621.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$22,387.21
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$7,413.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$25,118.86
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$5,011.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,995.26
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,709.64
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,819.70
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
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$741.31

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 11th of 51

$7,137

$1,514 physician + $5,623 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.