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Shortening or Lengthening the Upper Arm Bone

Nebraska 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?

$9,977

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,977 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,660 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,318 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,660$977 to $2,089
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,318$6,166 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,318 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $14,454Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $912 to $5,495
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,318professional $1,660

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
$5,754.40
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$18,620.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$10,471.29
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$7,943.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,311.31
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,495.41
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,691.53

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 8th of 50

$9,977

$1,660 physician + $8,318 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.