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Setting a Broken Forearm Bone Without Surgery

Tennessee 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?

$1,220

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,220 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $631 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$589$479 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$631$339 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $162 to $1,950Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $427 to $3,715
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $631professional $589

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
$891.25
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$812.83
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$512.86
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
$204.17
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$436.52

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 27th of 51

$1,220

$589 physician + $631 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.