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Shortening or Lengthening the Upper Arm Bone

New Jersey 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?

$8,201

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,201 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,122 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,079 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$1,122$1,000 to $1,905
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,079$6,026 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $4,169 to $11,749Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $912 to $5,888
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,079professional $1,122

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
$4,168.69
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,311.31
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,737.80
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14,791.08
Median
$22,908.68
Typical High
$38,018.94
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,511.89

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 12th of 50

$8,201

$1,122 physician + $7,079 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.