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Strengthening A Weakened Upper Arm Bone

Iowa 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?

$7,587

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,587 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,698 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,698$1,349 to $1,995
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$2,344 to $15,136

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $26,303Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $977 to $2,512
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $5,888professional $1,698

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
$1,348.96
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$17,782.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$6,456.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,344.23
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$14,454.40
Typical High
$17,782.79
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$33,884.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,949.84
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
$398.11
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 20th of 51

$7,587

$1,698 physician + $5,888 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.