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Setting a Broken Forearm Bone Without Surgery

Iowa rates for HCPCS 25535

Realigns a break in the shaft of the ulna, the forearm bone on the little-finger side, by manipulating the arm from the outside rather than opening it. Once the pieces are lined up, a cast or splint holds the arm while the bone heals. X-rays are taken to confirm the position and to check that it holds.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Setting a Broken Forearm Bone Without Surgery cost?

$1,841

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,841 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,047$759 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$372 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $204 to $2,399Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $525 to $1,349
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $794professional $1,047

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
$741.31
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,288.25
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$977.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,801.89
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,288.25
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$316.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,288.25
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,348.96
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
$229.09
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$562.34

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in New York than in Florida. 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

Iowa· 7th of 51

$1,841

$1,047 physician + $794 facility

NY $3,038FL $649

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.