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Upper Extremity Fracture Orthosis, Radius/Ulnar

Colorado rates for HCPCS L3982

Upper extremity fracture orthosis, radius/ulnar, prefabricated, includes fitting and adjustment

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Upper Extremity Fracture Orthosis, Radius/Ulnar cost?

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $263 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$234$195 to $316
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$263$229 to $427

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $132 to $676Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $195 to $550
$200$500$1Kfacility $263professional $234

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
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$281.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,230.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$263.03
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$524.81
Denver HMP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$812.83
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$912.01
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$309.03
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
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$24.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$269.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in Hawaii than in Delaware. 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.

Colorado· 40th of 51

$234

HI $912DE $195

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.