Wrist fracture surgery cost in Colorado
In Colorado, 12 hospitals publish a cash price for wrist fracture surgery (plate and screws), distal radius: from $1,790.95 to $19,938.00, with a median of $15,491.27. The lowest price is at Gunnison Valley Hospital (Gunnison). The highest price is 11.1× the lowest.
- The median here, $15,491.27, is 83% above the US median of $8,453.60.
- Colorado ranks 34th of 38 states by median, cheapest first.
- 6 of 12 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Colorado's Hospital Discounted Care law (HB21-1198): for qualifying patients with household income at or below 250% of the federal poverty level, hospitals and the clinicians who work in them may charge no more than the greater of the Medicare rate or the Medicaid base rate, and monthly payments are capped. That can be less than the cash prices below; ask the hospital to screen you for discounted care. Other states' laws.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 25607. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Oct 30, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$1,790.95Gunnison Valley Hospital
Median$15,491.27half of hospitals charge less
Highest$19,938.00in Colorado
Lowest saves$13,700.32vs the median
Hospitals in Colorado, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gunnison Valley Hospital lowest Gunnison · Gunnison, CO Treatment of broken forearm bone on thumb side of wrist, above wrist, with placement of stabilizing device | $1,790.95 | $2,107.00 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Grand River Medical Center Rifle · Rifle, CO TREATMENT OF BROKEN FOREARM BONE ON THUMB SIDE OF WRIST; ABOVE WRIST; WITH PLACEMENT OF STABILIZING DEVICE | $7,301.00 | $14,602.00 | Feb 20, 2026 source file |
| Community Hospital one side Grand Junction · Grand Junction, CO TREATMENT OF BROKEN FOREARM BONE ON THUMB SIDE OF WRIST; ABOVE WRIST; WITH PLACEMENT OF STABILIZING DEVICE | $7,380.24 | $13,179.00 | Mar 13, 2026 source file |
| Middle Park Health - Fraser Fraser · Fraser, CO HC TREAT FX RAD EXTRA-ARTICUL | $11,703.52 | $14,629.40 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| Middle Park Medical Center Kremmling · Kremmling, CO HC TREAT FX RAD EXTRA-ARTICUL | $11,703.52 | $14,629.40 | Apr 27, 2026 source file |
| Middle Park Medical Center-Granby Granby · Granby, CO HC TREAT FX RAD EXTRA-ARTICUL | $11,703.52 | $14,629.40 | Apr 27, 2026 source file |
| AdventHealth Avista Louisville · Boulder, CO HC OPEN RX DISTAL RADIUS FX, EXTRA-ARTICULAR | $19,279.01 | $19,279.01 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock · Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO HC OPEN RX DISTAL RADIUS FX, EXTRA-ARTICULAR | $19,279.01 | $19,279.01 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| AdventHealth Littleton Littleton · Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO HC OPEN RX DISTAL RADIUS FX, EXTRA-ARTICULAR | $19,279.01 | $19,279.01 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| AdventHealth Parker Parker · Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO HC OPEN RX DISTAL RADIUS FX, EXTRA-ARTICULAR | $19,279.01 | $19,279.01 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| AdventHealth Porter Denver · Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO HC OPEN RX DISTAL RADIUS FX, EXTRA-ARTICULAR | $19,279.01 | $19,279.01 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Animas Surgical Hospital one side Durango · Durango, CO TREATMENT OF BROKEN FOREARM BONE ON THUMB SIDE OF WRIST; ABOVE WRIST; WITH PLACEMENT OF STABILIZING DEVICE | $19,938.00 | $19,938.00 | Mar 16, 2026 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
Check the item The description in the hospital file looks like a supply or device (a catheter, a brace, an implant), not this procedure. The hospital may have filed it under the wrong code: ask before relying on this price.
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | 4 | $19,279.01 | $19,279.01 |
| Boulder, CO | 1 | $19,279.01 | $19,279.01 |
| Durango, CO | 1 | $19,938.00 | $19,938.00 |
| Fraser, CO | 1 | $11,703.52 | $11,703.52 |
| Granby, CO | 1 | $11,703.52 | $11,703.52 |
| Gunnison, CO | 1 | $1,790.95 | $1,790.95 |
| Grand Junction, CO | 1 | $7,380.24 | $7,380.24 |
| Kremmling, CO | 1 | $11,703.52 | $11,703.52 |
| Rifle, CO | 1 | $7,301.00 | $7,301.00 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What wrist fracture surgery is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Wrist fracture surgery explained.
Wrist fracture surgery (plate and screws), distal radius in other states
- Alabama$10,061.69
- Alaska$12,898.86
- Arizona$16,037.08
- Arkansas$3,425.70
- California$6,094.96
- Connecticut$4,365.00, 2 hospitals
- Delaware$6,422.58, 2 hospitals
- Florida$11,327.64
- Georgia$9,383.00
- Hawaii$14,997.50
- Idaho$9,573.53
- Illinois$7,737.00
- Indiana$9,651.03
- Iowa$2,221.35
- Kansas$6,935.03
- Kentucky$5,976.01
- Louisiana$6,745.63
- Maine$2,174.16, 2 hospitals
- Maryland$7,676.09, 1 hospital
- Massachusetts$11,584.94
- Michigan$9,422.60
- Minnesota$3,005.44
- Mississippi$8,487.65
- Missouri$4,150.34
- Montana$6,304.86
- Nebraska$4,570.72
- Nevada$8,090.95, 4 hospitals
- New Hampshire$8,609.63, 2 hospitals
- New Jersey$6,083.00
- New Mexico$8,538.18
- New York$8,453.60
- North Carolina$10,267.05
- North Dakota$9,491.60, 3 hospitals
- Ohio$16,688.41
- Oklahoma$14,014.26
- Oregon$6,464.04
- Pennsylvania$12,504.99
- Rhode Island$7,671.63, 1 hospital
- South Carolina$17,155.16
- South Dakota$9,039.44, 2 hospitals
- Tennessee$8,487.65
- Texas$7,931.95
- Utah$9,460.30, 2 hospitals
- Vermont$3,917.92, 2 hospitals
- Virginia$21,355.22
- Washington$10,587.84
- West Virginia$7,201.45
- Wisconsin$9,096.92
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.