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Shortening or Lengthening the Upper Arm Bone

Alabama 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?

$5,667

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,667 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,096$912 to $1,698
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$1,259 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $912 to $8,710Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $813 to $2,042
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $1,096

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
$794.33
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 24th of 50

$5,667

$1,096 physician + $4,571 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.