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Stopping One Side Of An Elbow Growth Plate

Indiana rates for HCPCS 24470

Surgery on a child's growing arm in which growth is deliberately halted on one side of the growth plate at the lower end of the upper arm bone. The other side keeps growing, so the bone gradually straightens itself and an inward or outward bend at the elbow is corrected as the child grows.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Stopping One Side Of An Elbow Growth Plate cost?

$977

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $977 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $692 from a physician practice, and about $10,233 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$692$631 to $871
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10,233$6,457 to $16,218

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,233 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $17,783Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,230
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $10,233professional $692

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
$1,023.29
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,071.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$18,620.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,288.25
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Indiana sits

The same service costs 7.4 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Indiana· 27th of 51

$977

CA $5,012DE $676

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.