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Strengthening A Weakened Bone At The Shoulder

Arizona 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?

$5,074

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,074 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,000$933 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$1,318 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $794 to $10,965Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $871 to $7,586
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $4,074professional $1,000

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
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$18,620.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,513.56
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
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 39th of 51

$5,074

$1,000 physician + $4,074 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.