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Strengthening of a Weakened Collarbone

Delaware 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 October 2026.

How much does Strengthening of a Weakened Collarbone cost?

$871

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $871 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $776 from a physician practice, and about $3,467 from a hospital or other facility.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$776$759 to $891
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,467$1,905 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $7,079Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $692 to $1,230
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,467professional $776

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,244.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
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
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 8.1 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Delaware· 45th of 51

$871

AK $3,548TX $437

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.