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Setting a Broken Wrist Bone by Hand

Colorado rates for HCPCS 25635

Treatment without surgery of a break in one of the small bones of the wrist, other than the boat-shaped bone at the base of the thumb. The bone is guided back into position by hand and the wrist is held in a cast or splint while it heals; it is charged for each bone treated.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Setting a Broken Wrist Bone by Hand cost?

$4,377

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,377 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$575$490 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$1,072 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $447 to $8,318Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $437 to $955
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $575

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
$954.99
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$489.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$831.76
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$977.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$912.01
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,445.44
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$912.01
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
$223.87
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$346.74

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 5.3 times more in Colorado 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

Colorado· 1st of 51

$4,377

$575 physician + $3,802 facility

CO $4,377FL $831

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.