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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 October 2026.

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

$6,345

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,345 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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$1,096$1,000 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$3,311 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $11,482Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $832 to $1,585
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,248professional $1,096

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
$4,365.16
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,238.72
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$27,542.29
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
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
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 15th of 51

$6,345

$1,096 physician + $5,248 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.