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Shortening or Lengthening the Upper Arm Bone

Nevada 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?

$5,265

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,265 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,169 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$1,096$977 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,169$2,291 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $832 to $1,698
$100$1K$10Kfacility $4,169professional $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
$1,148.15
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,165.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,148.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$10,715.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$1,479.11
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,659.59
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
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$794.33

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 23rd of 51

$5,265

$1,096 physician + $4,169 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.