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Removal Of Infected Bone Near The Elbow

Montana rates for HCPCS 24138

This surgery removes infected or dead bone tissue from a bone near the elbow, cutting or scraping away the affected area. It is used to treat a bone infection that is causing pain, weakening the bone, or has not resolved with other treatment. The specific area treated is within the bones that make up the elbow joint.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of Infected Bone Near The Elbow cost?

$2,245

Typical total for the visit. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,245 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,148 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,096$724 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,148$1,122 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $955 to $4,571Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $85 to $1,175
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,148professional $1,096

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$16,982.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,288.25
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,202.26
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$16,982.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in Colorado than in Hawaii. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Montana· 50th of 51

$2,245

$1,096 physician + $1,148 facility

CO $11,188HI $2,150

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.