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Open Repair of a Broken Radius Shaft

South Carolina 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?

$5,543

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,543 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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$646$355 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$1,318 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $794 to $19,953Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $105 to $977
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $646

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
$776.25
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$20,417.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$831.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$18,197.01
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,047.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
12 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
$331.13
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$602.56
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$239.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$165.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$165.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$165.96

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 23rd of 51

$5,543

$646 physician + $4,898 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.