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Strengthening A Weakened Upper Arm Bone

South Carolina 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?

$7,731

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,731 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 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$813$447 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$1,349 to $18,621

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $813 to $32,359Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $105 to $1,230
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $6,918professional $813

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
$1,000.00
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$36,307.81
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$13,803.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,288.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,479.11
12 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
$426.58
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,290.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$776.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$309.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$213.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$213.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$213.80

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 19th of 51

$7,731

$813 physician + $6,918 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.