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Procedure price report · Other fracture and dislocation procedure

Repair of broken upper arm bone with a rod inside the bone

CPT 24516the billing code this page is about

Treatment of a break in the shaft of the upper arm bone by placing a rod down the center of the bone, with or without wire loops or locking screws.

Hospitals typically charge $4,501 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 633 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $6,341. Most fall between $1,455 and $15,226 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
633
States
48
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 633 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
$1,074$1,705$4,501$13,883$24,246

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 23× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,074 vs $24,246).

How the prices are spread

$811 – $1,161: 38 hospitals$811$1,161 – $1,663: 83 hospitals$1,663 – $2,382: 69 hospitals$1,663$2,382 – $3,411: 65 hospitals$3,411 – $4,886: 44 hospitals$3,411$4,886 – $6,998: 34 hospitals$6,998 – $10,023: 42 hospitals$6,998$10,023 – $14,356: 79 hospitals$14,356 – $20,562: 71 hospitals$14,356$20,562 – $29,451: 47 hospitals$20,562median $4,501price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (572 of 633 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$811$1,16138
$1,161$1,66383
$1,663$2,38269
$2,382$3,41165
$3,411$4,88644
$4,886$6,99834
$6,998$10,02342
$10,023$14,35679
$14,356$20,56271
$20,562$29,45147

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$13,117
Median cash price$4,501
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.34×

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 $4,501.

Alaska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: median $1,317 across 10 hospitalsVT$1,317New Hampshire: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $15,220 across 22 hospitalsWA$15,220Idaho: median $15,889 across 11 hospitalsID$15,889Montana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $4,622 across 24 hospitalsMN$4,622Illinois: median $1,593 across 21 hospitalsIL$1,593Wisconsin: median $4,501 across 32 hospitalsWI$4,501Michigan: median $1,945 across 32 hospitalsMI$1,945New York: median $7,351 across 35 hospitalsNY$7,351Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $2,518 across 26 hospitalsOR$2,518Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,114 across 21 hospitalsIA$2,114Indiana: median $1,231 across 12 hospitalsIN$1,231Ohio: median $3,169 across 19 hospitalsOH$3,169Pennsylvania: median $6,347 across 26 hospitalsPA$6,347New Jersey: median $14,242 across 32 hospitalsNJ$14,242Connecticut: 3 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 $12,897 across 55 hospitalsCA$12,897Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $2,771 across 10 hospitalsNE$2,771Missouri: median $5,581 across 12 hospitalsMO$5,581Kentucky: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $2,339 across 17 hospitalsWV$2,339Virginia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $1,509 across 12 hospitalsTN$1,509North Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,387 across 14 hospitalsOK$1,387Louisiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $11,458 across 13 hospitalsAL$11,458Georgia: median $8,159 across 11 hospitalsGA$8,159Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $11,302 across 38 hospitalsTX$11,302Florida: median $12,865 across 10 hospitalsFL$12,865
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,501. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Idaho ID11$15,889+253%$4,326 – $19,343
Washington WA22$15,220+238%$1,977 – $27,567
New Jersey NJ32$14,242+216%$5,110 – $16,611
California CA55$12,897+187%$2,178 – $12,897
Florida FL10$12,865+186%$3,169 – $12,865
Alabama AL13$11,458+155%$2,426 – $25,387
Texas TX38$11,302+151%$2,874 – $18,907
Georgia GA11$8,159+81%$8,159 – $29,072
New York NY35$7,351+63%$1,395 – $15,226
Pennsylvania PA26$6,347+41%$559 – $18,522
Missouri MO12$5,581+24%$1,380 – $16,000
Minnesota MN24$4,622+3%$1,984 – $5,423
Wisconsin WI32$4,5010%$4,247 – $8,351
Ohio OH19$3,169−30%$1,455 – $23,206
Nebraska NE10$2,771−38%$2,266 – $5,971
Oregon OR26$2,518−44%$1,594 – $29,451
West Virginia WV17$2,339−48%$913 – $14,768
Iowa IA21$2,114−53%$2,114 – $2,426
Michigan MI32$1,945−57%$1,669 – $4,501
Illinois IL21$1,593−65%$1,231 – $3,021
Tennessee TN12$1,509−66%$811 – $15,272
Oklahoma OK14$1,387−69%$1,387 – $16,554
Vermont VT10$1,317−71%$710 – $2,189
Indiana IN12$1,231−73%$1,080 – $38,988
Arizona AZ8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $4,501.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care462$7,197$1,594 – $16,288
Children’s11fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access159$2,426$1,300 – $8,039
Ownership
For-profit70$12,480$1,833 – $24,087
Government105$2,672$1,380 – $15,226
Non-profit457$4,501$1,485 – $14,524
System affiliation
Part of a system487$5,423$1,594 – $15,889
Independent146$2,488$1,360 – $11,142

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,410
Median cash price$4,501
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

319 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,895 and the average of the middle 60% is $5,205; most fall between $1,380 and $12,897.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 319 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
$1,026$1,507$2,895$12,775$25,027

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 24× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,026 vs $25,027).

Of the 364 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 319 gave a usable cash price; 19 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 26 a list price only.

How complete is this

633 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (16%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 710 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted633
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here47
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded3
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded27
Hospitals that filed this code710

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 Tx Humral Shaft Fx W/Insj Imed Implt W/W Cerclge.

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, “Repair of broken upper arm bone with a rod inside the bone (CPT 24516) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-24516-repair-of-broken-upper-arm-bone-with-a-rod-inside-the-bone