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Setting a Broken Forearm Bone Without Surgery

South 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?

$1,051

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,051 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $550 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$501$407 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$550$302 to $794

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $151 to $1,122Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $102 to $741
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $550professional $501

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
$524.81
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$831.76
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$776.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$691.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$776.25
8 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
$245.47
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$398.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$446.68

Where South 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

South Carolina· 36th of 51

$1,051

$501 physician + $550 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.