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Setting A Broken Upper Arm Without Surgery

Colorado rates for HCPCS 24505

Realigns a break in the shaft of the upper arm bone by manipulating it back into position through the skin, then holding it with a brace, cast or splint, and sometimes traction, while it heals. No incision is made and no plate or rod is placed. Alignment is rechecked with X-rays over the following weeks.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Setting A Broken Upper Arm Without Surgery cost?

$4,327

Typical total for the visit. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,327 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$525$468 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$933 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $525 to $8,318Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,349
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $525

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,737.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,023.29
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$977.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,778.28
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,258.93
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 8.0 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. 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

Colorado· 7th of 51

$4,327

$525 physician + $3,802 facility

IN $6,656MD $832

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.