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Removal Of Infected Bone In The Elbow Area

New Mexico rates for HCPCS 24145

This surgery removes infected or dead bone tissue from a bone in the elbow area, cutting or scraping away the affected tissue. It is used to treat a bone infection that has not resolved with other treatment or that has weakened the bone. The area may be left open to drain or otherwise managed to support healing.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of Infected Bone In The Elbow Area cost?

$5,987

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,987 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$617$550 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$891 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $724 to $16,596Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $525 to $1,380
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $5,370professional $617

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$18,197.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,041.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$870.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$31,622.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where New Mexico sits

The same service costs 18.9 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeNew Mexico $5,987 · 20th of 50
IN $23,004WV $1,220

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.