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Open Repair of a Broken Hand Bone

Louisiana 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?

$3,416

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,416 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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$724$646 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,950 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $8,710Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,000
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $724

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
$645.65
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,000.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$9,549.93
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,023.29
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
$354.81
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$660.69

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 34th of 51

$3,416

$724 physician + $2,692 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.