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Elbow Replacement Removal

Minnesota 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?

$5,522

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,522 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,570 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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$2,570$1,905 to $3,548
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$1,995 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $9,333Professionalmedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $4,786
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $2,570

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
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,388.44
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,128.61
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,011.87
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,570.88
9 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$21,379.62
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,456.54
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,691.53

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 8th of 51

$5,522

$2,570 physician + $2,951 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.