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Strengthening A Weakened Upper Arm Bone

Nevada 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?

$7,099

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,099 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,166 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$933$832 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,166$2,570 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $11,482Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,413
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $6,166professional $933

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
$933.25
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,165.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$933.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$13,489.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$9,332.54
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$1,174.90
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
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
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$645.65

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 26th of 51

$7,099

$933 physician + $6,166 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.