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Strengthening A Weakened Upper Arm Bone

Delaware rates for HCPCS 24498

Places metal such as a rod, plate, pins, or wires, sometimes together with bone cement, into the shaft of the humerus, the long bone of the upper arm, to support it before it breaks. It is used when a tumor or other disease has weakened the bone and a fracture looks likely.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Strengthening A Weakened Upper Arm Bone cost?

$4,299

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,299 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$832$776 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,905 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $13,804Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,380
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $832

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
$870.96
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$17,378.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
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
$426.58
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$630.96

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 7.5 times more in Alaska 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

Delaware· 43rd of 51

$4,299

$832 physician + $3,467 facility

AK $19,036HI $2,542

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.