Wrist fracture surgery cost in Chicago, IL
In Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, 10 hospitals list a cash price for wrist fracture surgery (plate and screws), distal radius: from $734.12 to $18,276.28, with a median of $7,737.00. The lowest listed price is at Humboldt Park Health — $7,002.88 less than the median here. Across Illinois, the median is $7,737.00 at 15 hospitals.
- The median here, $7,737.00, is 8% below the US median of $8,453.60.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 10 facilities across 7 cities for code 25607, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 12, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 19, 2024 and Oct 27, 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 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humboldt Park Health lowest Chicago, IL · (773) 292-8200 Treatment of broken forearm bone on thumb side of wrist, above wrist, with placement of stabilizing device File of Sep 29, 2026 · source file | $734.12 | $2,621.85 | $865.21–$2,752.94 | 72% |
| Morris Hospital Morris, IL · (815) 942-2932 Treatment of broken forearm bone on thumb side of wrist, above wrist, with placement of stabilizing device File of Oct 27, 2026 · source file | $838.49 | $3,485.00 | $62.00–$3,589.55 | 76% |
| John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital Chicago, IL · (312) 864-6000 PF-TREAT FX RAD EXTRA-ARTICUL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,369.90 | $1,957.00 | $713.55–$1,565.60 | 30% |
| Franciscan Health Munster Munster, IN · (219) 922-4200 Optx Dstl Rdl X-Artic Fx/Epiphysl Separation File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $7,544.93 | $35,422.19 | $3,121.64–$26,225.00 | 79% |
| Saint Francis Hospital Evanston, IL · (847) 316-4000 Optx dst rd xartc fx/epi sep File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $7,737.00 | $30,878.00 | $782.52–$25,628.74 | 75% |
| Saint Joseph Medical Center - Joliet Joliet, IL · (815) 725-7133 Optx dst rd xartc fx/epi sep File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $7,737.00 | $21,880.00 | $756.80–$21,880.00 | 65% |
| Mercy Medical Center Aurora, IL · (630) 859-2222 Optx dst rd xartc fx/epi sep File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $7,737.00 | $36,390.00 | $756.80–$36,390.00 | 79% |
| Northwest Health - Porter Valparaiso, IN OPTX DST RD XARTC FX/EPI SEP File of Dec 19, 2024 · source file | $13,557.78 | $50,214.00 | $691.24–$44,188.32 | 73% |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL · (312) 926-2000 HB Treat Fx Rad Extra-Articul File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $14,605.50 | $20,865.00 | $2,968.99–$11,475.75 | 30% |
| Jackson Park Hospital Foundation Chicago, IL · (773) 947-7500 OPTX DSTL RADL X-ARTIC FX/EPIPHYSL SEP+1 more line at this price File of Dec 26, 2025 · source file | $18,276.28 | $22,845.35 | — | 20% |
Outpatient: lowest $734.12, median $7,737.00, highest $18,276.28 — a 24.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $9,823.09. 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 8 of 9 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is 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 wrist fracture surgery is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Wrist fracture surgery explained.