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Procedure price report · Other fracture and dislocation procedure

Setting a broken upper arm bone with repositioning

CPT 24505the billing code this page is about

Nonsurgical treatment of a break in the shaft of the upper arm bone in which the bone ends are moved back into alignment, with or without traction, then immobilized.

Hospitals typically charge $1,286 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,897 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,369. Most fall between $627 and $2,373 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,897
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,897 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$385$753$1,286$2,129$3,894

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($385 vs $3,894).

How the prices are spread

$260 – $350: 67 hospitals$260$350 – $473: 107 hospitals$473 – $638: 117 hospitals$473$638 – $861: 168 hospitals$861 – $1,161: 287 hospitals$861$1,161 – $1,567: 284 hospitals$1,567 – $2,115: 290 hospitals$1,567$2,115 – $2,854: 194 hospitals$2,854 – $3,851: 99 hospitals$2,854$3,851 – $5,198: 97 hospitals$3,851median $1,286price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,710 of 1,897 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$260$35067
$350$473107
$473$638117
$638$861168
$861$1,161287
$1,161$1,567284
$1,567$2,115290
$2,115$2,854194
$2,854$3,85199
$3,851$5,19897

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,643
Median cash price$1,286
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.78×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,286.

Alaska: median $1,315 across 13 hospitalsAK$1,315Maine: median $824 across 19 hospitalsME$824Vermont: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $378 across 14 hospitalsNH$378Washington: median $1,744 across 53 hospitalsWA$1,744Idaho: median $950 across 16 hospitalsID$950Montana: median $946 across 19 hospitalsMT$946North Dakota: median $1,474 across 15 hospitalsND$1,474Minnesota: median $1,426 across 69 hospitalsMN$1,426Illinois: median $1,454 across 72 hospitalsIL$1,454Wisconsin: median $1,847 across 64 hospitalsWI$1,847Michigan: median $1,208 across 59 hospitalsMI$1,208New York: median $1,909 across 85 hospitalsNY$1,909Massachusetts: median $1,790 across 41 hospitalsMA$1,790Oregon: median $1,379 across 45 hospitalsOR$1,379Nevada: median $1,772 across 15 hospitalsNV$1,772Wyoming: median $1,114 across 12 hospitalsWY$1,114South Dakota: median $1,374 across 16 hospitalsSD$1,374Iowa: median $1,081 across 42 hospitalsIA$1,081Indiana: median $600 across 38 hospitalsIN$600Ohio: median $1,289 across 74 hospitalsOH$1,289Pennsylvania: median $1,900 across 93 hospitalsPA$1,900New Jersey: median $2,145 across 41 hospitalsNJ$2,145Connecticut: median $2,062 across 15 hospitalsCT$2,062Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,267 across 118 hospitalsCA$1,267Utah: median $891 across 30 hospitalsUT$891Colorado: median $1,014 across 40 hospitalsCO$1,014Nebraska: median $1,048 across 39 hospitalsNE$1,048Missouri: median $1,074 across 34 hospitalsMO$1,074Kentucky: median $710 across 23 hospitalsKY$710West Virginia: median $1,540 across 29 hospitalsWV$1,540Virginia: median $862 across 49 hospitalsVA$862Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $594 across 18 hospitalsAZ$594New Mexico: median $1,588 across 18 hospitalsNM$1,588Kansas: median $707 across 35 hospitalsKS$707Arkansas: median $983 across 14 hospitalsAR$983Tennessee: median $459 across 35 hospitalsTN$459North Carolina: median $729 across 36 hospitalsNC$729South Carolina: median $1,061 across 38 hospitalsSC$1,061Oklahoma: median $1,061 across 38 hospitalsOK$1,061Louisiana: median $711 across 32 hospitalsLA$711Mississippi: median $852 across 36 hospitalsMS$852Alabama: median $1,097 across 18 hospitalsAL$1,097Georgia: median $1,084 across 47 hospitalsGA$1,084Hawaii: median $3,058 across 15 hospitalsHI$3,058Texas: median $1,550 across 132 hospitalsTX$1,550Florida: median $1,775 across 71 hospitalsFL$1,775
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,286. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Hawaii HI15$3,058+138%$1,998 – $4,028
New Jersey NJ41$2,145+67%$1,773 – $5,741
Connecticut CT15$2,062+60%$784 – $2,636
New York NY85$1,909+48%$930 – $3,717
Pennsylvania PA93$1,900+48%$815 – $2,861
Wisconsin WI64$1,847+44%$952 – $2,235
Massachusetts MA41$1,790+39%$433 – $2,985
Florida FL71$1,775+38%$420 – $5,571
Nevada NV15$1,772+38%$900 – $2,324
Washington WA53$1,744+36%$721 – $2,885
New Mexico NM18$1,588+24%$653 – $2,118
Texas TX132$1,550+21%$873 – $2,328
West Virginia WV29$1,540+20%$620 – $1,868
North Dakota ND15$1,474+15%$504 – $2,041
Illinois IL72$1,454+13%$550 – $1,968
Minnesota MN69$1,426+11%$650 – $1,759
Oregon OR45$1,379+7%$891 – $2,531
South Dakota SD16$1,374+7%$1,022 – $1,391
Alaska AK13$1,315+2%$1,068 – $2,648
Ohio OH74$1,2890%$887 – $3,599
California CA118$1,267−1%$946 – $2,587
Michigan MI59$1,208−6%$697 – $2,211
Wyoming WY12$1,114−13%$559 – $1,869
Alabama AL18$1,097−15%$626 – $2,060
Georgia GA47$1,084−16%$645 – $4,173
Iowa IA42$1,081−16%$663 – $1,337
Missouri MO34$1,074−16%$603 – $1,843
South Carolina SC38$1,061−17%$433 – $2,601
Oklahoma OK38$1,061−17%$402 – $2,297
Nebraska NE39$1,048−18%$507 – $2,030
Colorado CO40$1,014−21%$768 – $2,175
Arkansas AR14$983−24%$363 – $2,563
Idaho ID16$950−26%$757 – $4,436
Montana MT19$946−26%$286 – $1,501
Utah UT30$891−31%$726 – $990
Virginia VA49$862−33%$598 – $1,508
Mississippi MS36$852−34%$391 – $1,152
Maine ME19$824−36%$371 – $1,105
North Carolina NC36$729−43%$666 – $1,969
Louisiana LA32$711−45%$313 – $1,747
Kentucky KY23$710−45%$288 – $1,355
Kansas KS35$707−45%$328 – $1,776
Indiana IN38$600−53%$243 – $1,490
Arizona AZ18$594−54%$594 – $1,624
Tennessee TN35$459−64%$63 – $1,052
New Hampshire NH14$378−71%$174 – $1,383
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,286.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,371$1,412$666 – $2,601
Children’s43$2,119$935 – $6,765
Critical access481$1,027$526 – $1,794
Ownership
For-profit184$1,550$601 – $3,386
Government340$1,084$573 – $2,010
Non-profit1,371$1,325$645 – $2,388
System affiliation
Part of a system1,525$1,336$662 – $2,437
Independent372$1,123$554 – $2,175

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,031
Median cash price$1,286
Cash as a share of list, median hospital61%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 39%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,436 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,276 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,381; most fall between $660 and $2,502.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,436 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$420$771$1,276$2,175$4,036

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($420 vs $4,036).

Of the 1,547 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,436 gave a usable cash price; 40 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 71 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,897 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (48%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,048 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,897
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here68
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded7
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded75
Hospitals that filed this code2,048

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other fracture and dislocation procedure family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Cltx Humeral Shft Fx W/Manj W/WO Skeletal Tracj.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Setting a broken upper arm bone with repositioning (CPT 24505) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-24505-setting-a-broken-upper-arm-bone-with-repositioning