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Cutting And Realigning The Upper Arm Bone

Delaware rates for HCPCS 24400

Cuts through the upper arm bone and repositions the pieces to correct a bend, twist, or misalignment, then holds the new position while it heals. Plates, screws, or pins may be used to keep the bone steady. It is done for a deformity from an old fracture, a growth problem, or a bone that healed crooked.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Cutting And Realigning The Upper Arm Bone cost?

$3,288

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,288 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$776$741 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,549 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $6,026Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,230
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,512professional $776

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,244.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,148.15
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
$398.11
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$588.84

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 5.3 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

Delaware· 48th of 51

$3,288

$776 physician + $2,512 facility

CO $14,031MT $2,667

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.