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Strengthening of a Weakened Collarbone

South Carolina 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?

$891

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $891 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $813 from a physician practice, and about $4,169 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$813$407 to $1,072
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,169$1,349 to $12,303

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $813 to $20,417Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $102 to $1,202
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,169professional $813

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
$977.24
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$19,054.61
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,202.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
12 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
$416.87
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,290.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$758.58
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$309.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$213.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$213.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$213.80

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 41st of 51

$891

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.