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Elbow Ligament Reconstruction With a Graft

Iowa rates for HCPCS 24344

Rebuilds a torn collateral ligament of the elbow, one of the strong bands at the side of the joint that keep it stable. A tendon taken from elsewhere in the patient's own body is used to form the new ligament and is anchored into the bone; harvesting that tendon is part of the operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Elbow Ligament Reconstruction With a Graft cost?

$8,723

Typical total for the visit. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,723 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,479 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,244 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,479$1,148 to $2,455
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,244$5,012 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $15,849Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $4,571
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,244professional $1,479

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,162.28
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$17,782.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$8,128.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,630.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,019.95
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,511.89

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 8.7 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. 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

Iowa· 15th of 50

$8,723

$1,479 physician + $7,244 facility

IN $23,509MD $2,697

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.