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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 July 2026.

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

$7,965

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,965 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 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$1,047$891 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$2,630 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $14,454Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $794 to $1,698
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $6,918professional $1,047

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
$933.25
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,698.24
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$11,220.18
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$23,442.29
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,230.27
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,187.76
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Florida 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

Florida· 13th of 50

$7,965

$1,047 physician + $6,918 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.