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Strengthening A Weakened Bone At The Shoulder

Georgia 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?

$4,648

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,648 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,413 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$1,413$1,175 to $1,862
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,148 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $631 to $12,023Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $912 to $2,399
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,236professional $1,413

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
$1,047.13
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,412.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$11,748.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,290.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,630.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$389.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,691.53
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,570.40
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
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$812.83

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 42nd of 51

$4,648

$1,413 physician + $3,236 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.