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Shortening or Lengthening the Upper Arm Bone

Oregon 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?

$3,857

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,857 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,862 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,862$1,479 to $2,138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,778 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $10,233Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $2,884
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $1,862

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
$5,128.61
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,951.21
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,754.23
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$17,378.01
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,511.89
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,137.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,549.93
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,951.21
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17,782.79
Median
$25,118.86
Typical High
$28,183.83
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$22,908.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,090.30
13 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
$602.56
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$26,915.35
Median
$37,153.52
Typical High
$42,657.95

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 44th of 51

$3,857

$1,862 physician + $1,995 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.