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Elbow Replacement Removal

Michigan 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?

$3,609

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,609 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,318$741 to $1,698
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,778 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $955 to $4,677Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $617 to $2,692
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $1,318

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
$1,621.81
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,089.30
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,659.59
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,659.59
13 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
$812.83
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 32nd of 51

$3,609

$1,318 physician + $2,291 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.