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Extensive Removal Of An Upper Arm Bone Tumor

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 24150

Removes a tumor from the humerus, the bone of the upper arm, together with a surrounding margin of bone and soft tissue so the growth is cleared completely. It is a major operation used for aggressive bone growths rather than small harmless ones. Reconstruction of the arm is often needed afterwards.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Extensive Removal Of An Upper Arm Bone Tumor cost?

$7,838

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,838 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,950 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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$1,950$1,698 to $2,512
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$2,239 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $12,589Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $2,692
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,888professional $1,950

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$13,803.84
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,818.38
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,949.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in Colorado than in Kentucky. 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

Louisiana· 10th of 51

$7,838

$1,950 physician + $5,888 facility

CO $14,972KY $2,910

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.