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Open Repair of a Broken Ulna Shaft

Minnesota 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?

$3,830

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,830 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$1,318$955 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,175 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $631 to $11,749Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $631 to $2,399
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,512professional $1,318

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
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$26,915.35
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,630.27
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,570.40
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$11,220.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,238.72
12 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$14,125.38
Median
$26,302.68
Typical High
$47,863.01
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 43rd of 51

$3,830

$1,318 physician + $2,512 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.