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Arm Amputation Through The Upper Arm Bone, With Implant

South Carolina 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?

$912

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $912 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $851 from a physician practice, and about $6,918 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$851$457 to $1,122
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,918$3,715 to $17,783

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $23,988Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $102 to $1,230
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $6,918professional $851

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
$1,071.52
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$28,183.83
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$14,454.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$21,379.62
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,230.27
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,479.11
12 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
$457.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$831.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$331.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$229.09
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$229.09
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$229.09

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 43rd of 51

$912

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.