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Open Repair of a Broken Ulna Shaft

Florida rates for HCPCS 25545

Surgery that opens the forearm to align a break in the shaft of the ulna, the little-finger-side forearm bone, and hold it with a plate and screws or a rod. It is chosen when a cast cannot keep the pieces in acceptable position. Restoring the bone's length and straightness protects forearm rotation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Open Repair of a Broken Ulna Shaft cost?

$3,946

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,946 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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$479$324 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,995 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $13,804Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $81 to $794
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,467professional $479

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
$616.60
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$794.33
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$575.44
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$9,772.37
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$954.99
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$758.58
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,047.13
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$602.56
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
$275.42
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$467.74

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 6.8 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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

Florida· 42nd of 51

$3,946

$479 physician + $3,467 facility

CO $13,753MT $2,023

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.