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Cutting And Realigning The Upper Arm Bone

Michigan 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?

$5,362

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,362 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,096$977 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$2,455 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $7,413Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $851 to $1,778
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $1,096

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
$1,071.52
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,818.38
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,760.83
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,202.26
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,096.48
13 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
$537.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 23rd of 51

$5,362

$1,096 physician + $4,266 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.