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Setting A Broken Upper Arm Without Surgery

Louisiana 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?

$1,864

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,864 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$575$468 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$692 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $501 to $3,467Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $427 to $891
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $575

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
$549.54
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$831.76
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$912.01

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 35th of 51

$1,864

$575 physician + $1,288 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.