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Setting a Broken Forearm Bone Without Surgery

Missouri 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?

$1,470

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,470 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $933 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$537$479 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$933$309 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $141 to $4,677Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $427 to $3,467
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $933professional $537

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
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$645.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$741.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$954.99
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$977.24
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
$194.98
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$380.19

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 17th of 51

$1,470

$537 physician + $933 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.