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Elbow Replacement Removal

Massachusetts 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?

$3,768

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,768 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,905 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,905$1,413 to $3,236
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,202 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $692 to $5,623Professionalmedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $8,318
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $1,905

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
$1,548.82
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,698.24
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,754.40
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,905.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,801.89
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,754.40
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$5,495.41
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,862.09
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$575.44
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
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 29th of 51

$3,768

$1,905 physician + $1,862 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.