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Strengthening of a Weakened Collarbone

Iowa 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?

$1,413

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,413 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,349 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 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 7 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$1,349$871 to $1,950
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$3,388 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $13,490Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $776 to $3,981
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,898professional $1,349

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
$1,348.96
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,454.71
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$17,782.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$6,309.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,884.03
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 14th of 51

$1,413

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.