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Setting a Broken Wrist Bone by Hand

Virginia 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?

$1,330

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,330 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $851 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$479$437 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$851$457 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $224 to $4,074Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $372 to $692
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $851professional $479

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
$501.19
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$512.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$588.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$891.25
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$724.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$776.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$831.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$512.86
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,570.40
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$812.83
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
$229.09
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$354.81

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 37th of 51

$1,330

$479 physician + $851 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.