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Collarbone Cutting and Repositioning Surgery

South Carolina 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?

$4,832

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,832 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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$759$407 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$1,585 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $955 to $19,055Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $102 to $1,122
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $759

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
$933.25
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$18,620.87
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,174.90
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,380.38
8 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
$398.11
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$724.44

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 29th of 51

$4,832

$759 physician + $4,074 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.