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Setting a Broken Forearm Bone Without Surgery

Virginia 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?

$1,266

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,266 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $741 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$525$468 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$741$417 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $178 to $3,548Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $407 to $776
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $741professional $525

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
$549.54
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$870.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$630.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$954.99
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$776.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$812.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$891.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$588.84
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,454.71
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$870.96
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
$245.47
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$380.19

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 23rd of 51

$1,266

$525 physician + $741 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.