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Open Repair of a Broken Hand Bone

Kentucky 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?

$2,894

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,894 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$550$468 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$1,175 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $617 to $8,511Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $427 to $832
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,344professional $550

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
$489.78
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$3,235.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$891.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$9,120.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$691.83
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,691.53
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$3,235.94
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,000.00
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
$245.47
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$426.58

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 45th of 51

$2,894

$550 physician + $2,344 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.