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Shortening or Lengthening the Upper Arm Bone

Florida 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 October 2026.

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

$4,106

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,106 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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$794$575 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$1,905 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $12,882Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $93 to $1,259
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,311professional $794

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
$776.25
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,148.15
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$9,772.37
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,584.89
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
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
$436.52
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$794.33

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in Colorado than in Hawaii. 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

Florida· 42nd of 51

$4,106

$794 physician + $3,311 facility

CO $14,362HI $2,794

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.