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Shortening or Lengthening the Upper Arm Bone

Alaska rates for HCPCS 24420

Reshapes the upper arm bone to change its length, either by removing a segment to shorten it or by separating it and filling the gap so it grows longer. The bone is held with a plate, rod, or external frame while it heals. It is used to even out a difference in arm length or to correct a deformity.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Shortening or Lengthening the Upper Arm Bone cost?

$5,072

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,072 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,884 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,884$1,000 to $4,571
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$1,318 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $10,715Professionalmedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $912 to $5,623
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,188professional $2,884

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,388.44
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$5,623.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,888.44
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$5,888.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$5,623.41
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,495.41

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 11.2 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

Alaska· 31st of 50

$5,072

$2,884 physician + $2,188 facility

IN $23,484MD $2,099

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.