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Setting a Broken Forearm Bone Without Surgery

North Carolina 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?

$916

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $916 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $224 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$692$537 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$224$126 to $490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $98 to $1,047Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,349
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $224professional $692

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
$446.68
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,148.15
10 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
$223.87
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$363.08
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$758.58
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$251.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$602.56

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 44th of 51

$916

$692 physician + $224 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.