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Setting a Broken Forearm Bone Without Surgery

Louisiana 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?

$1,011

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,011 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$631$537 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$380$166 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $145 to $1,202Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $447 to $813
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $380professional $631

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
$478.63
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$812.83
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$501.19
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
$281.84
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$549.54

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 39th of 51

$1,011

$631 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.