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Wrist Fusion Surgery

North Dakota 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?

$4,616

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,616 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,380 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,380$1,175 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$724 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $724 to $5,754Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $759 to $1,820
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,236professional $1,380

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
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,238.72
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,754.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,445.44
2 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
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,691.53

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 39th of 51

$4,616

$1,380 physician + $3,236 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.