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Open Repair of a Broken Radius Shaft

Utah 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?

$6,406

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,406 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $380 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$380$110 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$4,169 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $933 to $15,849Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $59 to $692
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $6,026professional $380

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
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$954.99
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$562.34
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$21,379.62
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,023.29
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,318.26
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,148.15
7 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
$389.05
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$16,982.44
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$32,359.37

Where Utah 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

Utah· 19th of 51

$6,406

$380 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.