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Anchoring Of The Shoulder Blade

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 23400

Surgery that fastens the shoulder blade to the rib cage so it no longer rides up or wings away from the back. The blade is moved into a corrected position and held there with stitches, wire, or a strip of tissue. It improves the shape of the shoulder and lets the arm be raised further.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Anchoring Of The Shoulder Blade cost?

$1,549

Typical negotiated rate. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,549 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,175 from a physician practice, and about $7,244 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 66 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,175$955 to $1,820
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,244$3,162 to $12,589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $19,055Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $871 to $3,020
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $7,244professional $1,175

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$25,118.86
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,344.23

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 8.3 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

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CA $8,128DE $977

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.