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Setting A Broken Upper Arm Without Surgery

Massachusetts 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?

$2,204

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,204 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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$550 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$631 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $562 to $3,715Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,479
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,479professional $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
$467.74
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$19,498.45
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,412.54
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,513.56
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$19,498.45
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 29th of 51

$2,204

$724 physician + $1,479 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.