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Wrist Fracture Repair, Break Outside the Joint

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 25607

Open surgery to repair a broken wrist at the lower end of the forearm bone, where the break stops short of the wrist joint surface. Through an incision the surgeon lines the bone up and fixes it with a plate and screws so it holds its position while it heals. It is chosen when the break will not stay in a good position in a cast alone.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Wrist Fracture Repair, Break Outside the Joint cost?

$5,642

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,642 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,175 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,175$933 to $1,514
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$1,778 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $832 to $11,220Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,995
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,467professional $1,175

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
$724.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,202.26
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$7,079.46
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$7,585.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$17,782.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,819.70
10 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
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$575.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$15,488.17
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$5,248.07
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,951.21
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$977.24
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$389.05
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$275.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$275.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$275.42

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 6.1 times more in Alaska 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

North Carolina· 28th of 51

$5,642

$1,175 physician + $4,467 facility

AK $14,501MT $2,377

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.