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Muscle or Tendon Transfer at the Upper Arm

Massachusetts 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?

$3,390

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,390 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,202 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,202$912 to $1,995
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$933 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $708 to $6,918Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $759 to $5,129
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,188professional $1,202

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
$1,949.84
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,089.30
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$9,549.93
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,995.26
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,174.90
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
$851.14
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,344.23
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$9,549.93
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,388.44
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,398.83
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$724.44
7 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
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$288.40

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 40th of 51

$3,390

$1,202 physician + $2,188 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.