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Strengthening A Weakened Upper Arm Bone

Kentucky 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?

$3,346

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,346 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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$891$741 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,288 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $832 to $9,333Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,380
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,455professional $891

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
$741.31
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,122.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,318.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$831.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$213.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$186.21
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$15,488.17
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$10,715.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$5,888.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,000.00
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
$426.58
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$758.58

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 48th of 51

$3,346

$891 physician + $2,455 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.