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Open Repair of a Broken Radius Shaft

New Jersey 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?

$6,717

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,717 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 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$692$631 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$3,467 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $11,749Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $525 to $1,148
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,026professional $692

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
$676.08
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,232.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,412.54
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$27,542.29
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$954.99
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
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 15th of 51

$6,717

$692 physician + $6,026 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.