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Strengthening A Weakened Upper Arm Bone

Idaho 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 July 2026.

How much does Strengthening A Weakened Upper Arm Bone cost?

$4,571

Typical facility fee. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,571 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,479 to $19,498.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $912 to $29,512
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $4,571

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
$2,884.03
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,762.47
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$34,673.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,220.18
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$11,220.18
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,089.30
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25,118.86
Median
$29,512.09
Typical High
$45,708.82
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$26,302.68
Typical High
$29,512.09

Where Idaho sits

The same service costs 35.5 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. 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.

Idaho· 23rd of 50

$4,571

IN $30,200ND $851

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.