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Strengthening of a Weakened Collarbone

Indiana 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?

$1,072

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,072 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $851 from a physician practice, and about $22,387 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$851$776 to $1,023
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22,387$7,943 to $30,903

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22,387 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $35,481Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,380
$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $22,387professional $851

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
$1,122.02
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,348.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$26,302.68
Typical High
$38,904.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$17,782.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Indiana sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in California than in New Mexico. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Indiana $1,072 · 37th of 51
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.