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Setting a Broken Forearm Bone Without Surgery

Ohio 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?

$1,092

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,092 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $646 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$447$316 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$646$214 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $129 to $3,715Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $85 to $708
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $646professional $447

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
$1,230.27
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,621.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,311.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$660.69
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$831.76
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$812.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$645.65
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$83.18
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$831.76
7 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
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$104.71
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
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$363.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 32nd of 51

$1,092

$447 physician + $646 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.