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Strengthening A Weakened Upper Arm Bone

Florida 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?

$5,673

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,673 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 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$661$479 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$2,692 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $15,136Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $91 to $1,072
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,012professional $661

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
$707.95
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$11,748.98
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$15,848.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,348.96
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,000.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,445.44
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
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
$354.81
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$645.65

Where Florida 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

Florida· 31st of 51

$5,673

$661 physician + $5,012 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.