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Strengthening A Weakened Bone At The Shoulder

Arkansas 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?

$10,563

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,563 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,333 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,230$1,072 to $1,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,333$2,344 to $13,183

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,333 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $16,218Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $1,622
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $9,333professional $1,230

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
$954.99
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$18,197.01
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,905.46
6 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
$467.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 11th of 51

$10,563

$1,230 physician + $9,333 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.