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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 July 2026.

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

$4,172

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,172 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,288 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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$1,288$1,023 to $1,622
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,445 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $891 to $10,000Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $891 to $2,042
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $1,288

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
$758.58
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$14,125.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,698.24
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 36th of 50

$4,172

$1,288 physician + $2,884 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.