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Procedure price report · Other non-OR therapeutic procedures on musculoskeletal system

Unlisted procedure on the upper arm or elbow

CPT 24999the billing code this page is about

Used when a surgery on the humerus or elbow has no specific billing code of its own; the operation performed is described separately in the record.

Hospitals typically charge $563 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 744 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $794. Most fall between $283 and $2,601 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
744
States
50
Filings dated
Dec 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 744 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
$207$308$563$1,666$4,699

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 23× what the cheapest tenth charges ($207 vs $4,699).

How the prices are spread

$127 – $191: 36 hospitals$127$191 – $285: 90 hospitals$285 – $427: 130 hospitals$285$427 – $640: 113 hospitals$640 – $958: 56 hospitals$640$958 – $1,436: 75 hospitals$1,436 – $2,150: 47 hospitals$1,436$2,150 – $3,220: 44 hospitals$3,220 – $4,822: 50 hospitals$3,220$4,822 – $7,222: 29 hospitals$4,822median $563price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (670 of 744 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$127$19136
$191$28590
$285$427130
$427$640113
$640$95856
$958$1,43675
$1,436$2,15047
$2,150$3,22044
$3,220$4,82250
$4,822$7,22229

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$252
Median cash price$563
Cash as a multiple of Medicare2.2×

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 $563.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,108 across 16 hospitalsWA$1,108Idaho: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $405 across 24 hospitalsMN$405Illinois: median $553 across 19 hospitalsIL$553Wisconsin: median $1,072 across 17 hospitalsWI$1,072Michigan: median $786 across 31 hospitalsMI$786New York: median $293 across 33 hospitalsNY$293Massachusetts: median $642 across 13 hospitalsMA$642Oregon: median $587 across 23 hospitalsOR$587Nevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,599 across 19 hospitalsIA$1,599Indiana: median $390 across 16 hospitalsIN$390Ohio: median $1,054 across 38 hospitalsOH$1,054Pennsylvania: median $337 across 35 hospitalsPA$337New Jersey: median $319 across 34 hospitalsNJ$319Connecticut: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $595 across 67 hospitalsCA$595Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,012 across 19 hospitalsCO$1,012Nebraska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $580 across 13 hospitalsMO$580Kentucky: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $941 across 16 hospitalsWV$941Virginia: median $377 across 22 hospitalsVA$377Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $337 across 11 hospitalsNC$337South Carolina: median $5,789 across 13 hospitalsSC$5,789Oklahoma: median $489 across 12 hospitalsOK$489Louisiana: median $321 across 10 hospitalsLA$321Mississippi: median $139 across 11 hospitalsMS$139Alabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $2,506 across 23 hospitalsGA$2,506Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $442 across 64 hospitalsTX$442Florida: median $1,631 across 37 hospitalsFL$1,631
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $563. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
South Carolina SC13$5,789+927%$305 – $7,682
Georgia GA23$2,506+345%$263 – $11,148
Florida FL37$1,631+190%$631 – $4,781
Iowa IA19$1,599+184%$382 – $1,862
Washington WA16$1,108+97%$534 – $4,249
Wisconsin WI17$1,072+90%$398 – $2,601
Ohio OH38$1,054+87%$362 – $3,632
Colorado CO19$1,012+80%$305 – $3,558
West Virginia WV16$941+67%$503 – $955
Michigan MI31$786+39%$549 – $4,699
Massachusetts MA13$642+14%$265 – $1,246
California CA67$595+6%$413 – $1,126
Oregon OR23$587+4%$241 – $1,929
Missouri MO13$580+3%$209 – $1,166
Illinois IL19$553−2%$356 – $1,599
Oklahoma OK12$489−13%$135 – $1,331
Texas TX64$442−21%$250 – $1,256
Minnesota MN24$405−28%$163 – $2,742
Indiana IN16$390−31%$344 – $555
Virginia VA22$377−33%$360 – $458
North Carolina NC11$337−40%$152 – $358
Pennsylvania PA35$337−40%$121 – $424
Louisiana LA10$321−43%$265 – $1,479
New Jersey NJ34$319−43%$262 – $5,110
New York NY33$293−48%$284 – $850
Mississippi MS11$139−75%$62 – $153
Connecticut CT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not 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 $563.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care607$503$266 – $2,315
Children’s29$1,108$553 – $3,080
Critical access105$786$343 – $2,703
Ownership
For-profit87$1,256$382 – $5,198
Government96$497$284 – $2,135
Non-profit558$553$266 – $2,049
System affiliation
Part of a system630$563$284 – $2,601
Independent114$553$256 – $2,135

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,144
Median cash price$563
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

498 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $497 and the average of the middle 60% is $654; most fall between $263 and $1,631.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 498 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
$160$305$497$1,182$3,632

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 23× what the cheapest tenth charges ($160 vs $3,632).

Of the 541 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 498 gave a usable cash price; 10 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 33 a list price only.

How complete is this

744 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 802 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted744
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here20
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded3
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded34
Hospitals that filed this code802

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 non-OR therapeutic procedures on musculoskeletal system family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Unlisted Reconstruct. W/Intercalary Prosthesis C/T 24516.

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, “Unlisted procedure on the upper arm or elbow (CPT 24999) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-24999-unlisted-procedure-on-the-upper-arm-or-elbow