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Strengthening of a Weakened Collarbone

Minnesota 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?

$2,138

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,089 from a physician practice, and about $5,012 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 6 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$2,089$1,549 to $2,818
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,012$2,399 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $21,380Professionalmedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $3,236
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $5,012professional $2,089

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
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$32,359.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,606.93
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,388.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$10,715.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$18,620.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,235.94

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$2,138

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.