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Strengthening A Weakened Upper Arm Bone

Missouri 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?

$5,362

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,362 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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$1,096$912 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$2,239 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $13,490Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $794 to $2,455
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $4,266professional $1,096

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
$1,698.24
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,479.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,187.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$912.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$234.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$52,480.75
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,737.80
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
$436.52
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$676.08

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 33rd of 51

$5,362

$1,096 physician + $4,266 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.