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Shortening or Lengthening the Upper Arm Bone

Louisiana 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?

$5,951

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,951 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,380 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,380$1,175 to $1,698
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$2,344 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $11,749Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $955 to $1,820
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $1,380

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
$676.08
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$12,882.50
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,819.70
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
$630.96
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 17th of 51

$5,951

$1,380 physician + $4,571 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.