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Setting a Broken Forearm Bone Without Surgery

Rhode Island 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?

$1,053

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,053 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $437 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$617$537 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$437$151 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $112 to $3,890Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $427 to $891
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $437professional $617

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
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$870.96
3 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
$288.40
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 35th of 51

$1,053

$617 physician + $437 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.