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Collarbone Cutting and Repositioning Surgery

Illinois 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?

$6,647

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,647 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,623 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,023$851 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,623$3,236 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $11,220Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $759 to $1,585
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,623professional $1,023

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
$851.14
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$12,882.50
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,445.44
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,467.37
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,174.90
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
6 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
$380.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 11th of 51

$6,647

$1,023 physician + $5,623 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.