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Elbow Replacement Removal

Louisiana 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?

$3,627

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,627 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,585 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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$1,585$1,349 to $2,042
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$1,698 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $977 to $7,079Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $933 to $2,188
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,042professional $1,585

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
$537.03
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,290.87
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
$794.33
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 31st of 51

$3,627

$1,585 physician + $2,042 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.