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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 July 2026.

How much does Collarbone Cutting and Repositioning Surgery cost?

$11,405

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,405 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,471 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$933$813 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,471$1,479 to $17,783

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,471 · 10th to 90th $933 to $21,878Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,479
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $10,471professional $933

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
$933.25
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$19,054.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,819.70
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$30,199.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 14.0 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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· 5th of 50

$11,405

$933 physician + $10,471 facility

IN $23,238WV $1,664

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.