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Shortening or Lengthening the Upper Arm Bone

Montana 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?

$3,299

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,299 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,479 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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$1,479$1,202 to $1,862
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$1,660 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $2,089Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $2,884
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $1,479

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,698.24
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,089.30
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,089.30
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,089.30
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where Montana 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

Montana· 42nd of 50

$3,299

$1,479 physician + $1,820 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.