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Wrist Fusion Surgery

Michigan rates for HCPCS 25800

Permanently joins the bones of the wrist so the joint no longer bends. The surgeon clears the worn-out cartilage from the joint surfaces and holds the bones together while they knit into one solid unit. It is done to take away pain from a severely damaged or arthritic wrist, accepting the loss of wrist movement in exchange.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Wrist Fusion Surgery cost?

$6,866

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,866 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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$977$871 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$3,020 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $10,000Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $759 to $1,549
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,888professional $977

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
$933.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,232.93
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,511.89
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$5,011.87
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,000.00
13 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
$467.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 6.2 times more in Colorado 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

Michigan· 17th of 51

$6,866

$977 physician + $5,888 facility

CO $14,513MT $2,350

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.