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Open Repair of a Broken Ulna Shaft

Louisiana 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?

$6,567

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,567 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,754 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$813$708 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,754$3,467 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $11,749Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,096
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,754professional $813

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
$741.31
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,071.52
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$13,182.57
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$7,413.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,148.15
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
$389.05
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$707.95

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 17th of 51

$6,567

$813 physician + $5,754 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.