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Open Repair of a Broken Hand Bone

North Carolina 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?

$3,468

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,468 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 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$776$692 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,660 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $692 to $8,710Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,549
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,692professional $776

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
$562.34
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$912.01
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$17,782.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,412.54
8 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
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$457.09
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$691.83

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 32nd of 51

$3,468

$776 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.