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Arm Amputation Through The Upper Arm Bone, With Implant

Illinois rates for HCPCS 24931

Amputation of the arm through the upper-arm bone, with an implant fitted at the cut end of the bone during the same operation. Bone and soft tissue are shaped and the end is closed with well-padded tissue so the limb can later take an artificial arm. It is done for severe injury, infection, loss of blood supply, or a tumor.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Arm Amputation Through The Upper Arm Bone, With Implant cost?

$1,000

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,000 from a physician practice, and about $10,233 from a hospital or other facility.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,000$871 to $1,349
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10,233$3,981 to $17,783

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,233 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $20,893Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $813 to $1,738
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $10,233professional $1,000

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,022.64
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$22,387.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,548.82
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$4,570.88
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 16.2 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Illinois· 37th of 51

$1,000

AK $3,802TX $234

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.