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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 July 2026.

How much does Strengthening of a Weakened Collarbone cost?

$1,349

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,349 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,148 from a physician practice, and about $3,311 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$1,148$912 to $1,905
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,311$2,089 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $813 to $2,399
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $3,311professional $1,148

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
$1,778.28
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,344.23
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$45,708.82
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$6,309.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,398.83
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,548.82
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$15,488.17
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,398.83
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$45,708.82
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,570.40

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 20th of 51

$1,349

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.