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Open Repair of a Broken Radius Shaft

Vermont 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?

$5,720

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,720 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,786 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$933$871 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,786$4,786 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $2,692 to $4,786Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $776 to $1,380
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,786professional $933

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$10,471.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Vermont 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

Vermont· 22nd of 51

$5,720

$933 physician + $4,786 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.