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Fusion Of The Elbow Joint

North Dakota rates for HCPCS 24800

Surgery that joins the upper arm bone to the forearm bones at the elbow so they grow together into one solid unit and the joint no longer bends. The joint surfaces are prepared and held at a chosen angle with hardware while the bone knits. It is done for an elbow destroyed by injury, infection, or arthritis when repair or replacement is not an option.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Fusion Of The Elbow Joint cost?

$1,660

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,660 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,660 from a physician practice, and about $832 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,660$832 to $1,950
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$832$832 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $832 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $794 to $2,188
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $832professional $1,660

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
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where North Dakota sits

The same service costs 7.6 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

North Dakota· 7th of 51

$1,660

CA $6,310DE $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.