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Setting a Broken Forearm Bone Without Surgery

Indiana 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?

$1,743

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,743 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,230 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$513$447 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,230$490 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $214 to $5,012Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $407 to $776
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,230professional $513

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
$537.03
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$549.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,888.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$691.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,071.52
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,000.00
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$831.76
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
$208.93
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$354.81

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 11th of 51

$1,743

$513 physician + $1,230 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.