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Setting a Broken Wrist Bone by Hand

Kentucky 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?

$1,464

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,464 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,047 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$417$355 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,047$457 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $302 to $2,818Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $302 to $661
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,047professional $417

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
$363.08
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$524.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,884.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$588.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$870.96
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,412.54
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,754.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$741.31
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
$181.97
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$346.74

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 26th of 51

$1,464

$417 physician + $1,047 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.