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Strengthening A Weakened Upper Arm Bone

Michigan 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?

$10,481

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,481 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,148 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,333 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$1,148$1,047 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,333$3,090 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,333 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $14,454Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $891 to $1,862
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $9,333professional $1,148

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
$1,096.48
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$16,218.10
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,187.76
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,011.87
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,258.93
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,174.90
13 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
$549.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 9th of 51

$10,481

$1,148 physician + $9,333 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.