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Strengthening of a Weakened Collarbone

Georgia 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?

$1,380

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,096 from a physician practice, and about $5,370 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 5 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$1,096$871 to $1,445
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$2,239 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $11,749Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $776 to $1,995
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $1,096

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
$1,318.26
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,995.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$12,882.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,238.72
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$17,378.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 17th of 51

$1,380

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.