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Strengthening A Weakened Upper Arm Bone

Indiana 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?

$12,267

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12,267 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 to the doctor who performs it, and $11,220 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,047$851 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$11,220$2,692 to $21,878

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11,220 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $38,905Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $741 to $1,514
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $11,220professional $1,047

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
$812.83
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$912.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$45,708.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,479.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,187.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$933.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$245.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$204.17
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$19,054.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$19,054.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$5,888.44
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$22,908.68
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
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
$371.54
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$630.96

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 7th of 51

$12,267

$1,047 physician + $11,220 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.