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Procedure price report · Other fracture and dislocation procedure

Open repair of upper arm bone fracture with plate and screws

CPT 24515the billing code this page is about

Surgery that exposes a broken upper arm bone and fixes it with a plate and screws, with wire loops around the bone if needed.

Hospitals typically charge $4,293 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 752 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $6,613. Most fall between $1,594 and $16,431 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
752
States
50
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – 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 752 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
$1,087$1,840$4,293$14,964$25,112

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 23× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,087 vs $25,112).

How the prices are spread

$764 – $1,119: 41 hospitals$764$1,119 – $1,639: 87 hospitals$1,639 – $2,401: 105 hospitals$1,639$2,401 – $3,517: 91 hospitals$3,517 – $5,151: 37 hospitals$3,517$5,151 – $7,546: 37 hospitals$7,546 – $11,054: 54 hospitals$7,546$11,054 – $16,192: 110 hospitals$16,192 – $23,718: 69 hospitals$16,192$23,718 – $34,743: 47 hospitals$23,718median $4,293price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (678 of 752 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$764$1,11941
$1,119$1,63987
$1,639$2,401105
$2,401$3,51791
$3,517$5,15137
$5,151$7,54637
$7,546$11,05454
$11,054$16,192110
$16,192$23,71869
$23,718$34,74347

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$13,117
Median cash price$4,293
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.33×

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 $4,293.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: median $2,238 across 10 hospitalsVT$2,238New Hampshire: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $2,057 across 17 hospitalsWA$2,057Idaho: median $5,773 across 17 hospitalsID$5,773Montana: median $2,184 across 11 hospitalsMT$2,184North Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,300 across 27 hospitalsMN$3,300Illinois: median $1,635 across 20 hospitalsIL$1,635Wisconsin: median $4,783 across 37 hospitalsWI$4,783Michigan: median $1,945 across 37 hospitalsMI$1,945New York: median $4,895 across 48 hospitalsNY$4,895Massachusetts: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $2,071 across 22 hospitalsOR$2,071Nevada: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,162 across 34 hospitalsIA$2,162Indiana: median $1,231 across 16 hospitalsIN$1,231Ohio: median $15,473 across 31 hospitalsOH$15,473Pennsylvania: median $11,922 across 29 hospitalsPA$11,922New Jersey: median $14,242 across 33 hospitalsNJ$14,242Connecticut: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $14,331 across 59 hospitalsCA$14,331Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,880 across 11 hospitalsCO$1,880Nebraska: median $2,657 across 18 hospitalsNE$2,657Missouri: median $12,859 across 19 hospitalsMO$12,859Kentucky: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $1,489 across 16 hospitalsWV$1,489Virginia: median $26,270 across 10 hospitalsVA$26,270Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $2,163 across 15 hospitalsKS$2,163Arkansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $6,716 across 11 hospitalsTN$6,716North Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,850 across 14 hospitalsOK$1,850Louisiana: median $12,930 across 13 hospitalsLA$12,930Mississippi: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $11,458 across 12 hospitalsAL$11,458Georgia: median $9,791 across 11 hospitalsGA$9,791Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $10,629 across 36 hospitalsTX$10,629Florida: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,293. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Virginia VA10$26,270+512%$589 – $33,462
Ohio OH31$15,473+260%$1,815 – $38,891
California CA59$14,331+234%$2,231 – $22,120
New Jersey NJ33$14,242+232%$5,110 – $16,499
Louisiana LA13$12,930+201%$6,145 – $19,082
Missouri MO19$12,859+200%$1,329 – $23,839
Pennsylvania PA29$11,922+178%$574 – $21,753
Alabama AL12$11,458+167%$2,474 – $24,850
Texas TX36$10,629+148%$9,803 – $19,673
Georgia GA11$9,791+128%$9,791 – $27,000
Tennessee TN11$6,716+56%$823 – $13,569
Idaho ID17$5,773+34%$1,775 – $15,889
New York NY48$4,895+14%$1,485 – $15,226
Wisconsin WI37$4,783+11%$2,867 – $8,009
Minnesota MN27$3,300−23%$2,087 – $4,346
Nebraska NE18$2,657−38%$1,766 – $5,895
Vermont VT10$2,238−48%$818 – $3,190
Montana MT11$2,184−49%$984 – $11,978
Kansas KS15$2,163−50%$445 – $8,679
Iowa IA34$2,162−50%$1,887 – $2,545
Oregon OR22$2,071−52%$1,551 – $2,924
Washington WA17$2,057−52%$1,502 – $15,448
Michigan MI37$1,945−55%$1,689 – $17,654
Colorado CO11$1,880−56%$1,496 – $14,591
Oklahoma OK14$1,850−57%$1,850 – $14,617
Illinois IL20$1,635−62%$1,231 – $4,233
West Virginia WV16$1,489−65%$931 – $12,124
Indiana IN16$1,231−71%$1,111 – $15,749
Arkansas AR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not 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 $4,293.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care543$9,117$1,850 – $20,659
Children’s13fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access194$2,126$1,329 – $4,253
Ownership
For-profit91$13,318$2,548 – $26,270
Government132$2,478$1,543 – $15,226
Non-profit527$4,233$1,581 – $15,749
System affiliation
Part of a system569$5,419$1,707 – $17,654
Independent183$2,633$1,445 – $12,915

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,253
Median cash price$4,293
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

332 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,456 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,966; most fall between $1,276 and $14,242.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 332 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
$921$1,445$2,456$10,105$22,120

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 24× what the cheapest tenth charges ($921 vs $22,120).

Of the 379 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 332 gave a usable cash price; 23 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 24 a list price only.

How complete is this

752 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (19%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 845 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted752
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here56
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded5
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded32
Hospitals that filed this code845

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 Optx Humeral Shft Fx W/Plate/Screws W/Wocerclage.

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, “Open repair of upper arm bone fracture with plate and screws (CPT 24515) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-24515-open-repair-of-upper-arm-bone-fracture-with-plate-and-screws