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Setting a Broken Forearm Bone Without Surgery

Illinois 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?

$943

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $943 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $380 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$562$490 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$380$245 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $178 to $3,236Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $447 to $912
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $380professional $562

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
$467.74
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$6,025.60
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$870.96
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,621.81
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$707.95
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$912.01
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
$213.80
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$354.81

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 42nd of 51

$943

$562 physician + $380 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.