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Open Repair of a Broken Hand Bone

Rhode Island 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?

$4,457

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,457 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$741$603 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$2,042 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $10,000Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,023
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $741

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
$3,019.95
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,071.52
3 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
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 20th of 51

$4,457

$741 physician + $3,715 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.