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Strengthening of a Weakened Collarbone

Kansas 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?

$1,288

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,202 from a physician practice, and about $4,074 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$1,202$871 to $1,288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,074$2,399 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $832 to $1,349
$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $4,074professional $1,202

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
$1,819.70
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$13,182.57
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas $1,288 · 24th 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.