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Strengthening of a Weakened Collarbone

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 23490

Surgery that reinforces a collarbone that has been weakened by disease and is at risk of breaking, before a fracture actually happens. A rod, plate, pins, or wires are placed to support the bone, and bone cement is sometimes used to fill a hollowed-out area.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Strengthening of a Weakened Collarbone cost?

$1,096

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,096 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,023 from a physician practice, and about $1,820 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,023$832 to $1,122
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,820$1,230 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $8,128Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $759 to $1,349
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $1,023

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
$1,023.29
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$9,120.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in California than in New Mexico. 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.

Arkansas· 36th of 51

$1,096

CA $5,012NM $871

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.