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Strengthening A Weakened Bone At The Shoulder

Indiana 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 July 2026.

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

$30,200

Typical facility fee. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30,200 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $8,913 to $42,658.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30,200 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $48,978
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $30,200

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$35,481.34
Typical High
$52,480.75
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$18,197.01

Where Indiana sits

The same service costs 30.2 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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.

Indiana· 1st of 50

$30,200

IN $30,200WV $1,000

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.