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Forearm Amputation Through Both Bones

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 25900

This surgery removes the forearm through the radius and ulna, the two long bones between the wrist and elbow, typically due to severe trauma, infection, cancer, or a condition that has made the hand and forearm beyond saving. The surgeon shapes the remaining bone and soft tissue to create a stable, well-covered residual limb. This is the standard amputation, without the extra steps used for an immediate prosthetic fitting.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Forearm Amputation Through Both Bones cost?

$2,352

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,352 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,122 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,230 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$1,122$741 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,230$851 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $708 to $10,965Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $692 to $1,950
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,230professional $1,122

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$23,442.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,479.11
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$20,892.96
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$6,309.57

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 10.7 times more in Maine than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeNorth Carolina $2,352 · 44th of 50
ME $15,642WV $1,467

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.