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Muscle or Tendon Transfer at the Upper Arm

Louisiana 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?

$5,051

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,051 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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$977$851 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$1,905 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $10,965Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,318
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $977

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
$676.08
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$12,302.69
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,380.38
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
$467.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$870.96

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 22nd of 51

$5,051

$977 physician + $4,074 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.