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Upper Extremity Fracture Orthosis, Radius/Ulnar

Iowa 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?

$417

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $417 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $417 from a physician practice, and about $479 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$417$257 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$479$427 to $933

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $295 to $2,239Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $214 to $617
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $479professional $417

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
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$630.96
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$501.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$2,238.72
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$380.19
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
4 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
$100.00
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$38.02

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 4th of 51

$417

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.