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Setting A Broken Upper Arm Without Surgery

Iowa 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?

$3,015

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,015 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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$724$501 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,148 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $724 to $6,761Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,514
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $724

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
$812.83
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,513.56
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$3,388.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,412.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,412.54
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,318.26
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 15th of 51

$3,015

$724 physician + $2,291 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.