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Shortening or Lengthening the Upper Arm Bone

Massachusetts 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?

$4,097

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,097 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,698 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,698$1,288 to $2,884
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,288 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $776 to $7,244Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $7,413
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $1,698

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
$2,089.30
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,754.23
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$10,232.93
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$7,413.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,818.38
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,698.24
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$10,232.93
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,311.31
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$10,232.93
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,677.35
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$954.99
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
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 43rd of 51

$4,097

$1,698 physician + $2,399 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.