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Strengthening A Weakened Upper Arm Bone

Virginia 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?

$7,562

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,562 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,607 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$955$871 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,607$1,820 to $12,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,607 · 10th to 90th $933 to $16,982Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $794 to $1,380
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,607professional $955

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
$1,202.26
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,348.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,174.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,778.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$741.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$190.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$165.96
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$16,982.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,380.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,862.09
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$12,882.50
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$26,915.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,584.89
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
$457.09
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 21st of 51

$7,562

$955 physician + $6,607 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.