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Stopping One Side Of An Elbow Growth Plate

Wyoming 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 October 2026.

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

$1,585

Typical negotiated rate. In Wyoming, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,585 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,585 from a physician practice, and about $3,467 from a hospital or other facility.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,585$1,318 to $1,995
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,467$3,467 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $3,467 to $5,623Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $912 to $2,399
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $1,585

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$17,782.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where Wyoming sits

The same service costs 16.6 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Wyoming· 3rd of 51

$1,585

AK $2,754TX $166

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.