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Strengthening A Weakened Bone At The Shoulder

Alaska rates for HCPCS 23491

Places metal such as a rod, plate, pins, or wires, sometimes together with bone cement, into a weakened bone at the shoulder to support it before it breaks. It is used when a tumor or other disease has eaten into the bone and a fracture looks likely.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Strengthening A Weakened Bone At The Shoulder cost?

$19,657

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19,657 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,169 to the doctor who performs it, and $15,488 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$4,169$2,754 to $4,571
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$15,488$9,772 to $21,878

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15,488 · 10th to 90th $4,898 to $24,547Professionalmedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $5,129
$100$1K$10Kfacility $15,488professional $4,169

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14,125.38
Median
$23,442.29
Typical High
$50,118.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,311.31
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,079.46
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$5,495.41
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$19,054.61
Typical High
$23,442.29
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$20,417.38
Typical High
$41,686.94
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,495.41

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 7.2 times more in Alaska than in Hawaii. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 1st of 51

$19,657

$4,169 physician + $15,488 facility

AK $19,657HI $2,734

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.