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Open Repair of a Broken Hand Bone

Alabama rates for HCPCS 26615

Surgery through an incision to repair a break in one of the long bones of the hand between the wrist and the knuckles, setting the pieces accurately and holding them with screws, a plate or wires. It is chosen when the bone is angled, rotated or unstable enough that a cast would leave the hand deformed or the grip weak. Each bone treated this way is counted separately.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Open Repair of a Broken Hand Bone cost?

$8,439

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,439 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,762 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$676$550 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,762$2,884 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $7,762Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $479 to $933
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,762professional $676

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
$794.33
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$7,762.47
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$870.96
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
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in Oklahoma 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

Alabama· 2nd of 51

$8,439

$676 physician + $7,762 facility

OK $8,820MT $1,888

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.