Wrist fracture care, no reset cost in Eureka, CA
In Eureka-Arcata, CA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for closed treatment of a wrist (distal radius) fracture, no resetting: from $541.62 to $594.15, with a median of $567.89. The lowest listed price is at Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital — $26.27 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $569.28 at 79 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 25600, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Eureka-Arcata, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital lowest Fortuna, CA · (707) 445-8121 HC ED TREAT DISTAL RADIAL FRACTURE RADIUS/ULNA W/O MANIP CDM | $541.62 | $1,062.00 | — | 49% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka, CA · (707) 445-8121 HC ED TREAT DISTAL RADIAL FRACTURE RADIUS/ULNA W/O MANIP CDM | $594.15 | $1,165.00 | — | 49% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $541.62, median $567.89, highest $594.15 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $567.89. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
What it is
This is treatment of a broken distal radius, the forearm bone near the wrist, when the bone does not need to be pushed back into place and no surgery is done. Treatment is usually a splint or cast and follow-up checks.
What the price covers
The code covers the fracture care; for the treating doctor this usually includes follow-up visits over the following weeks. X-rays, the emergency room visit and casting supplies may be billed separately.