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Fusion of the lower forearm joint with removal of ulna end

CPT 25830the billing code this page is about

Surgery that fuses the joint between the two forearm bones at the wrist while removing a segment of the ulna to preserve forearm rotation.

Hospitals typically charge $4,799 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 315 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $5,539. Most fall between $1,866 and $9,587 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
315
States
43
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 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 315 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
$1,231$2,117$4,799$9,587$12,962

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,231 vs $12,962).

How the prices are spread

$774 – $1,047: 11 hospitals$774$1,047 – $1,416: 15 hospitals$1,416 – $1,914: 29 hospitals$1,416$1,914 – $2,588: 39 hospitals$2,588 – $3,498: 13 hospitals$2,588$3,498 – $4,730: 30 hospitals$4,730 – $6,395: 23 hospitals$4,730$6,395 – $8,647: 47 hospitals$8,647 – $11,690: 56 hospitals$8,647$11,690 – $15,806: 22 hospitals$11,690median $4,799price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (285 of 315 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$774$1,04711
$1,047$1,41615
$1,416$1,91429
$1,914$2,58839
$2,588$3,49813
$3,498$4,73030
$4,730$6,39523
$6,395$8,64747
$8,647$11,69056
$11,690$15,80622

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$7,413
Median cash price$4,799
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.65×

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 $4,799.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,866 across 12 hospitalsIL$1,866Wisconsin: median $4,414 across 22 hospitalsWI$4,414Michigan: median $4,414 across 15 hospitalsMI$4,414New York: median $8,454 across 22 hospitalsNY$8,454Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,405 across 15 hospitalsIA$2,405Indiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: median $5,050 across 19 hospitalsPA$5,050New Jersey: median $7,907 across 29 hospitalsNJ$7,907Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $9,587 across 24 hospitalsCA$9,587Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $2,117 across 15 hospitalsOK$2,117Louisiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $9,609 across 24 hospitalsTX$9,609Florida: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,799. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Texas TX24$9,609+100%$3,172 – $9,609
California CA24$9,587+100%$9,587 – $9,587
New York NY22$8,454+76%$5,602 – $8,613
New Jersey NJ29$7,907+65%$5,110 – $9,532
Pennsylvania PA19$5,050+5%$631 – $12,077
Michigan MI15$4,414−8%$1,390 – $9,978
Wisconsin WI22$4,414−8%$4,414 – $4,799
Iowa IA15$2,405−50%$2,405 – $2,405
Oklahoma OK15$2,117−56%$2,117 – $10,437
Illinois IL12$1,866−61%$740 – $3,550
Ohio OH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $4,799.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care264$5,855$1,894 – $9,609
Children’s4fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access47$4,414$1,684 – $9,609
Ownership
For-profit45$8,185$1,626 – $15,366
Government47$2,124$1,463 – $8,454
Non-profit223$4,799$2,117 – $9,587
System affiliation
Part of a system257$5,339$2,117 – $9,609
Independent58$2,523$1,369 – $8,904

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,352
Median cash price$4,799
Cash as a share of list, median hospital62%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 38%. 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

176 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $4,414 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,827; most fall between $1,714 and $9,587.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 176 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
$1,144$1,894$4,414$9,587$10,639

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,144 vs $10,639).

Of the 196 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 176 gave a usable cash price; 15 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 5 a list price only.

How complete is this

315 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (8%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 360 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted315
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here37
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded6
Hospitals that filed this code360

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 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR therapeutic procedures on joints family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Arthrd Dstl Rad/Uln Jt Sgmtl Rscj Ulna W/WO Bone.

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, “Fusion of the lower forearm joint with removal of ulna end (CPT 25830) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-25830-fusion-of-the-lower-forearm-joint-with-removal-of-ulna-end