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Setting a Broken Wrist Bone by Hand

Iowa 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?

$2,087

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,087 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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$912$708 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$759 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $457 to $3,981Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,288
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,175professional $912

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
$691.83
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,202.26
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,548.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,548.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,698.24
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,202.26
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,288.25
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
$213.80
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$524.81

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 10th of 51

$2,087

$912 physician + $1,175 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.