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Procedure price report · Treatment, fracture or dislocation of radius and ulna

Surgery for a broken wrist bone into the joint, two pieces

CPT 25608the billing code this page is about

Open surgery with internal fixation for a break at the lower end of the forearm bone that extends into the wrist joint and involves two bone fragments.

Hospitals typically charge $4,950 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,006 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $5,523. Most fall between $1,548 and $12,184 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,006
States
50
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,006 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,180$1,743$4,950$10,501$17,920

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,180 vs $17,920).

How the prices are spread

$766 – $1,091: 44 hospitals$766$1,091 – $1,553: 112 hospitals$1,553 – $2,211: 117 hospitals$1,553$2,211 – $3,148: 79 hospitals$3,148 – $4,482: 87 hospitals$3,148$4,482 – $6,382: 79 hospitals$6,382 – $9,087: 144 hospitals$6,382$9,087 – $12,938: 107 hospitals$12,938 – $18,422: 92 hospitals$12,938$18,422 – $26,231: 45 hospitals$18,422median $4,950price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (906 of 1,006 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$766$1,09144
$1,091$1,553112
$1,553$2,211117
$2,211$3,14879
$3,148$4,48287
$4,482$6,38279
$6,382$9,087144
$9,087$12,938107
$12,938$18,42292
$18,422$26,23145

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$7,413
Median cash price$4,950
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.67×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $4,950.

Alaska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: median $1,030 across 10 hospitalsVT$1,030New Hampshire: median $1,073 across 10 hospitalsNH$1,073Washington: median $7,755 across 36 hospitalsWA$7,755Idaho: median $7,933 across 19 hospitalsID$7,933Montana: median $2,228 across 14 hospitalsMT$2,228North Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,085 across 41 hospitalsMN$3,085Illinois: median $1,743 across 30 hospitalsIL$1,743Wisconsin: median $4,353 across 42 hospitalsWI$4,353Michigan: median $1,594 across 42 hospitalsMI$1,594New York: median $8,454 across 60 hospitalsNY$8,454Massachusetts: median $5,029 across 10 hospitalsMA$5,029Oregon: median $2,019 across 32 hospitalsOR$2,019Nevada: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,030 across 45 hospitalsIA$2,030Indiana: median $1,962 across 25 hospitalsIN$1,962Ohio: median $8,371 across 49 hospitalsOH$8,371Pennsylvania: median $7,418 across 33 hospitalsPA$7,418New Jersey: median $7,907 across 32 hospitalsNJ$7,907Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $4,950 across 78 hospitalsCA$4,950Utah: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,769 across 18 hospitalsCO$1,769Nebraska: median $2,266 across 20 hospitalsNE$2,266Missouri: median $5,992 across 21 hospitalsMO$5,992Kentucky: median $1,204 across 14 hospitalsKY$1,204West Virginia: median $5,373 across 20 hospitalsWV$5,373Virginia: median $6,947 across 14 hospitalsVA$6,947Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $8,904 across 13 hospitalsAZ$8,904New Mexico: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $2,032 across 21 hospitalsKS$2,032Arkansas: median $2,603 across 14 hospitalsAR$2,603Tennessee: median $7,511 across 18 hospitalsTN$7,511North Carolina: median $4,509 across 12 hospitalsNC$4,509South Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,740 across 15 hospitalsOK$1,740Louisiana: median $9,378 across 13 hospitalsLA$9,378Mississippi: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $6,476 across 14 hospitalsAL$6,476Georgia: median $11,148 across 15 hospitalsGA$11,148Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $8,797 across 61 hospitalsTX$8,797Florida: median $11,450 across 15 hospitalsFL$11,450
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,950. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL15$11,450+131%$3,166 – $19,491
Georgia GA15$11,148+125%$7,019 – $18,368
Louisiana LA13$9,378+89%$5,428 – $12,326
Arizona AZ13$8,904+80%$1,292 – $21,091
Texas TX61$8,797+78%$7,192 – $12,184
New York NY60$8,454+71%$1,342 – $13,784
Ohio OH49$8,371+69%$2,063 – $26,767
Idaho ID19$7,933+60%$1,678 – $12,106
New Jersey NJ32$7,907+60%$5,110 – $9,388
Washington WA36$7,755+57%$1,909 – $13,820
Tennessee TN18$7,511+52%$798 – $9,093
Pennsylvania PA33$7,418+50%$542 – $13,461
Virginia VA14$6,947+40%$556 – $29,257
Alabama AL14$6,476+31%$2,324 – $19,074
Missouri MO21$5,992+21%$1,296 – $17,107
West Virginia WV20$5,373+9%$910 – $8,313
Massachusetts MA10$5,029+2%$1,822 – $34,890
California CA78$4,9500%$2,458 – $8,590
North Carolina NC12$4,509−9%$2,595 – $10,001
Wisconsin WI42$4,353−12%$3,078 – $6,597
Minnesota MN41$3,085−38%$1,802 – $5,010
Arkansas AR14$2,603−47%$1,554 – $5,089
Nebraska NE20$2,266−54%$1,614 – $6,348
Montana MT14$2,228−55%$1,221 – $5,709
Kansas KS21$2,032−59%$755 – $7,034
Iowa IA45$2,030−59%$1,638 – $3,198
Oregon OR32$2,019−59%$1,334 – $8,336
Indiana IN25$1,962−60%$1,204 – $13,995
Colorado CO18$1,769−64%$1,408 – $19,279
Illinois IL30$1,743−65%$1,114 – $4,267
Oklahoma OK15$1,740−65%$1,740 – $14,330
Michigan MI42$1,594−68%$1,345 – $9,978
Kentucky KY14$1,204−76%$1,023 – $16,114
New Hampshire NH10$1,073−78%$698 – $1,423
Vermont VT10$1,030−79%$426 – $2,105
Maine ME9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $4,950.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care721$7,253$1,794 – $13,784
Children’s15fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access269$2,006$1,218 – $4,353
Ownership
For-profit126$9,166$4,353 – $17,107
Government182$2,424$1,503 – $8,904
Non-profit697$4,881$1,464 – $12,184
System affiliation
Part of a system771$5,560$1,595 – $13,408
Independent235$2,670$1,417 – $8,575

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$6,397
Median cash price$4,950
Cash as a share of list, median hospital64%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 37%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

503 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,415 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,062; most fall between $1,229 and $9,530.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 503 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$854$1,426$3,415$8,371$12,933

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($854 vs $12,933).

Of the 557 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 503 gave a usable cash price; 24 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 30 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,006 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (25%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,107 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,006
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here58
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded10
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded33
Hospitals that filed this code1,107

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Treatment, fracture or dislocation of radius and ulna family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Optx Dstl Radl I-Artic Fx/Epiphysl Sep 2 Frag.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Surgery for a broken wrist bone into the joint, two pieces (CPT 25608) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-25608-surgery-for-a-broken-wrist-bone-into-the-joint-two-pieces