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Strengthening A Weakened Bone At The Shoulder

Kansas 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?

$11,985

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,985 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,514 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,471 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$1,514$1,202 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,471$3,715 to $11,220

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,471 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $11,749Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $7,586
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $10,471professional $1,514

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
$1,949.84
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$11,220.18
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$12,302.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,698.24
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
$512.86
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 8th of 51

$11,985

$1,514 physician + $10,471 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.