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Strengthening A Weakened Upper Arm Bone

Oregon 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?

$3,283

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,283 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,585 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,585$1,202 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$1,445 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $19,953Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $871 to $2,399
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $1,698professional $1,585

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
$5,128.61
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$22,908.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,398.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,187.76
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$17,378.01
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,041.74
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,737.80
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$21,379.62
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,398.83
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33,884.42
Median
$44,668.36
Typical High
$56,234.13
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,570.40
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
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$51,286.14
Median
$67,608.30
Typical High
$85,113.80

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 49th of 51

$3,283

$1,585 physician + $1,698 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.