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Wide Removal of a Tumor Near the Elbow

Alabama rates for HCPCS 24152

Removes a tumor at the upper end of the forearm bone on the thumb side, just below the elbow, taking a generous margin of surrounding bone and tissue so the growth is fully cleared. Reconstruction of the area may follow.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Wide Removal of a Tumor Near the Elbow cost?

$1,622

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,622 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,380 from a physician practice, and about $4,677 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,380$1,122 to $2,138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,677$1,259 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $912 to $10,965Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $2,570
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,677professional $1,380

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
$794.33
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$12,589.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.1 times more in California 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.

Alabama· 31st of 51

$1,622

CA $5,248KY $1,288

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.