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Arm Amputation Through The Upper Arm Bone, With Implant

Louisiana 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?

$1,318

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,318 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,202 from a physician practice, and about $8,511 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,202$1,047 to $1,514
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,511$2,399 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $12,589Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $832 to $1,622
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $1,202

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
$676.08
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,513.56
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$15,135.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,513.56
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
$588.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 20th of 51

$1,318

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.