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Wrist Fusion Surgery

Rhode Island 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?

$5,526

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,526 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$955$891 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$2,570 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $10,471Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,318
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $955

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
$3,019.95
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,380.38
3 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
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 29th of 51

$5,526

$955 physician + $4,571 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.