Wrist fracture care, no reset cost in Joplin, MO
In Joplin, MO-KS, 3 hospitals list a cash price for closed treatment of a wrist (distal radius) fracture, no resetting: from $484.90 to $664.30, with a median of $589.16. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Hospital Carthage — $104.26 less than the median here. Across Missouri, the median is $571.03 at 20 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 25600, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 25, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 1, 2026 and Sep 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 Joplin, MO-KS.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Hospital Carthage lowest Carthage, MO · (417) 358-8121 Cl Tx Dist Rad Fx WO Man Mlp | $484.90 | $746.00 | $254.72 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage, MO · (417) 358-8121 Cl Tx Dist Rad Fx WO Man Pf | $570.70 | $878.00 | $254.72 | 35% | — source file |
| Freeman Health System - Freeman West Joplin, MO · (417) 347-1111 FX DISTAL RADIUS NO REDUCTION | $589.16 | $1,472.89 | — | 60% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Joplin Joplin, MO · (417) 781-2727 Cl Tx Dist Rad Fx WO Man | $664.30 | $1,022.00 | $102.20–$1,022.00 | 35% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $484.90, median $589.16, highest $664.30 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $589.16. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 1 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
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.