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Collarbone Cutting and Repositioning Surgery

Kansas 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?

$5,032

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,032 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,230$955 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$3,090 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $851 to $6,026
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,802professional $1,230

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
$1,778.28
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,348.96
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
$416.87
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$891.25

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 26th of 51

$5,032

$1,230 physician + $3,802 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.