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Strengthening of a Weakened Collarbone

Massachusetts 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?

$1,413

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,413 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,380 from a physician practice, and about $2,399 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,380$1,072 to $2,344
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,399$1,047 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $759 to $7,943Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $832 to $6,026
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,399professional $1,380

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,344.23
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$10,232.93
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,290.87
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,348.96
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$11,220.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,691.53
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$10,232.93
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,801.89
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,398.83
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$812.83
7 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
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$331.13

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 14th of 51

$1,413

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.