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Strengthening A Weakened Upper Arm Bone

Wyoming 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?

$16,121

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16,121 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,995 to the doctor who performs it, and $14,125 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,995$1,698 to $2,512
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$14,125$8,913 to $14,125

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14,125 · 10th to 90th $6,457 to $22,387Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $3,020
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $14,125professional $1,995

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14,125.38
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$14,125.38
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,882.50
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$30,199.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,951.21

Where Wyoming 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

Wyoming· 2nd of 51

$16,121

$1,995 physician + $14,125 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.