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Open Repair of a Broken Hand Bone

South 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?

$3,557

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,557 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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$537$158 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,660 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $933 to $19,498Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $89 to $794
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $537

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
$660.69
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$20,417.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$831.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$18,197.01
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,290.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$912.01
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$912.01
7 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
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$512.86

Where South 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

South Carolina· 30th of 51

$3,557

$537 physician + $3,020 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.