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Elbow Replacement Removal

Alabama rates for HCPCS 24160

Surgery to remove an artificial elbow joint, including both the upper-arm and forearm portions of the implant, and to clean out any inflamed joint lining if needed. It is typically performed when a prior elbow replacement has failed, become infected, or is causing ongoing problems.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Elbow Replacement Removal cost?

$3,991

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,991 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,479 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,479$1,096 to $2,042
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,950 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $3,715Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $759 to $2,042
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,512professional $1,479

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
$645.65
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,862.09
7 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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Alaska 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

Alabama· 24th of 51

$3,991

$1,479 physician + $2,512 facility

AK $9,494KY $2,537

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.