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Muscle or Tendon Transfer at the Upper Arm

Alabama rates for HCPCS 24301

Moves a working muscle or tendon in the upper arm or at the elbow and attaches it in a new position so it can take over the job of one that no longer works. It restores movement such as bending the elbow after nerve injury, paralysis or a tendon rupture. One transfer is covered.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Muscle or Tendon Transfer at the Upper Arm cost?

$9,189

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,189 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,318 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$871$741 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,318$2,570 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,318 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $8,318Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,202
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $8,318professional $871

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
$794.33
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,202.26
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
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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· 5th of 51

$9,189

$871 physician + $8,318 facility

CO $12,267MT $2,405

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.