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

Surgery for broken wrist radius, three or more pieces

CPT 25609the billing code this page is about

Open surgery with hardware to repair a fracture at the lower end of the radius that extends into the wrist joint and is broken into three or more fragments.

Hospitals typically charge $5,690 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,029 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $6,164. Most fall between $1,962 and $13,457 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,029
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 1,029 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
$1,398$2,268$5,690$11,163$19,279

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,398 vs $19,279).

How the prices are spread

$996 – $1,385: 43 hospitals$996$1,385 – $1,928: 104 hospitals$1,928 – $2,684: 112 hospitals$1,928$2,684 – $3,735: 83 hospitals$3,735 – $5,198: 93 hospitals$3,735$5,198 – $7,234: 106 hospitals$7,234 – $10,068: 150 hospitals$7,234$10,068 – $14,012: 106 hospitals$14,012 – $19,501: 87 hospitals$14,012$19,501 – $27,140: 43 hospitals$19,501median $5,690price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (927 of 1,029 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$996$1,38543
$1,385$1,928104
$1,928$2,684112
$2,684$3,73583
$3,735$5,19893
$5,198$7,234106
$7,234$10,068150
$10,068$14,012106
$14,012$19,50187
$19,501$27,14043

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$7,413
Median cash price$5,690
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.77×

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 $5,690.

Alaska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: median $1,529 across 10 hospitalsVT$1,529New Hampshire: median $1,499 across 11 hospitalsNH$1,499Washington: median $6,277 across 35 hospitalsWA$6,277Idaho: median $7,933 across 18 hospitalsID$7,933Montana: median $3,190 across 13 hospitalsMT$3,190North Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,895 across 37 hospitalsMN$3,895Illinois: median $2,071 across 29 hospitalsIL$2,071Wisconsin: median $5,524 across 36 hospitalsWI$5,524Michigan: median $2,438 across 41 hospitalsMI$2,438New York: median $8,454 across 65 hospitalsNY$8,454Massachusetts: median $5,927 across 11 hospitalsMA$5,927Oregon: median $3,233 across 33 hospitalsOR$3,233Nevada: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,583 across 46 hospitalsIA$2,583Indiana: median $2,493 across 28 hospitalsIN$2,493Ohio: median $8,371 across 50 hospitalsOH$8,371Pennsylvania: median $7,138 across 34 hospitalsPA$7,138New Jersey: median $7,907 across 35 hospitalsNJ$7,907Connecticut: 6 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 $8,590 across 77 hospitalsCA$8,590Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $3,786 across 18 hospitalsCO$3,786Nebraska: median $2,946 across 21 hospitalsNE$2,946Missouri: median $7,232 across 21 hospitalsMO$7,232Kentucky: median $1,562 across 15 hospitalsKY$1,562West Virginia: median $5,846 across 21 hospitalsWV$5,846Virginia: median $16,669 across 17 hospitalsVA$16,669Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $7,090 across 13 hospitalsAZ$7,090New Mexico: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $2,268 across 22 hospitalsKS$2,268Arkansas: median $3,054 across 11 hospitalsAR$3,054Tennessee: median $6,358 across 19 hospitalsTN$6,358North Carolina: median $6,747 across 13 hospitalsNC$6,747South Carolina: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $2,208 across 16 hospitalsOK$2,208Louisiana: median $9,095 across 15 hospitalsLA$9,095Mississippi: median $5,839 across 11 hospitalsMS$5,839Alabama: median $6,476 across 15 hospitalsAL$6,476Georgia: median $11,148 across 14 hospitalsGA$11,148Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $9,218 across 75 hospitalsTX$9,218Florida: median $11,163 across 14 hospitalsFL$11,163
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $5,690. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Virginia VA17$16,669+193%$5,798 – $25,434
Florida FL14$11,163+96%$4,113 – $25,749
Georgia GA14$11,148+96%$7,242 – $20,750
Texas TX75$9,218+62%$6,866 – $12,184
Louisiana LA15$9,095+60%$5,693 – $11,858
California CA77$8,590+51%$3,666 – $16,873
New York NY65$8,454+49%$1,774 – $13,784
Ohio OH50$8,371+47%$3,908 – $26,432
Idaho ID18$7,933+39%$2,127 – $12,106
New Jersey NJ35$7,907+39%$4,881 – $9,205
Missouri MO21$7,232+27%$1,558 – $19,726
Pennsylvania PA34$7,138+25%$344 – $14,613
Arizona AZ13$7,090+25%$1,638 – $15,471
North Carolina NC13$6,747+19%$3,148 – $28,347
Alabama AL15$6,476+14%$2,960 – $15,775
Tennessee TN19$6,358+12%$977 – $9,303
Washington WA35$6,277+10%$2,022 – $12,734
Massachusetts MA11$5,927+4%$3,702 – $27,714
West Virginia WV21$5,846+3%$2,613 – $9,715
Mississippi MS11$5,839+3%$3,319 – $11,382
Wisconsin WI36$5,524−3%$5,121 – $7,902
Minnesota MN37$3,895−32%$1,859 – $5,232
Colorado CO18$3,786−33%$1,846 – $19,279
Oregon OR33$3,233−43%$1,962 – $10,467
Montana MT13$3,190−44%$1,173 – $6,223
Arkansas AR11$3,054−46%$2,713 – $6,007
Nebraska NE21$2,946−48%$2,264 – $5,070
Iowa IA46$2,583−55%$2,070 – $3,379
Indiana IN28$2,493−56%$1,398 – $15,112
Michigan MI41$2,438−57%$1,795 – $9,978
Kansas KS22$2,268−60%$1,392 – $7,034
Oklahoma OK16$2,208−61%$2,208 – $13,715
Illinois IL29$2,071−64%$1,398 – $4,928
Kentucky KY15$1,562−73%$1,095 – $15,604
Vermont VT10$1,529−73%$539 – $2,581
New Hampshire NH11$1,499−74%$906 – $1,653
Alaska AK9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not 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 $5,690.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care754$7,691$2,438 – $15,009
Children’s13fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access261$2,587$1,562 – $5,524
Ownership
For-profit132$9,303$5,032 – $18,037
Government187$3,077$1,819 – $8,853
Non-profit709$5,524$1,937 – $13,690
System affiliation
Part of a system799$6,839$2,132 – $14,050
Independent230$3,338$1,795 – $8,904

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$7,419
Median cash price$5,690
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

519 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $4,224 and the average of the middle 60% is $5,004; most fall between $1,575 and $11,148.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 519 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
$1,101$1,845$4,224$9,503$14,931

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,101 vs $14,931).

Of the 574 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 519 gave a usable cash price; 25 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

1,029 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (26%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,139 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,029
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here68
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded9
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded33
Hospitals that filed this code1,139

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 3+ 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 broken wrist radius, three or more pieces (CPT 25609) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-25609-surgery-for-broken-wrist-radius-three-or-more-pieces