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Strengthening of a Weakened Collarbone

North Dakota 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?

$1,698

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,698 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,698 from a physician practice, and about $851 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$1,698$851 to $1,995
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$851 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $851 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $851 to $2,239
$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $851professional $1,698

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
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota $1,698 · 7th 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.