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Collarbone Cutting and Repositioning Surgery

Alabama rates for HCPCS 23480

This surgery cuts and repositions the collarbone to correct a deformity, improve alignment, or address a bone that has healed incorrectly. Hardware such as a plate or screws is sometimes added to hold the bone securely in its new position while it heals. The goal is to restore a more normal shape and function to the shoulder girdle.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Collarbone Cutting and Repositioning Surgery cost?

$7,434

Typical total for the visit. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,434 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,457 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$977$813 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,457$3,467 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $6,607Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $692 to $1,318
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,457professional $977

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,318.26
7 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$9,772.37

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.3 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alabama· 8th of 51

$7,434

$977 physician + $6,457 facility

CO $14,031MT $2,637

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.