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Open Repair of a Broken Radius Shaft

Oklahoma 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?

$9,324

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,324 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 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$813$692 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$2,754 to $14,125

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $933 to $18,197Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $603 to $5,012
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $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
$933.25
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$933.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$19,952.62
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$977.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$15,848.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,000.00
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
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 4th of 51

$9,324

$813 physician + $8,511 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.