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Strengthening A Weakened Bone At The Shoulder

Maine 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?

$3,980

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,980 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,288 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,288$1,175 to $1,549
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$2,570 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $813 to $14,791Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $1,950
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,692professional $1,288

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,949.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,230.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$316.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$16,218.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,041.74
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,079.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,819.70
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,698.24
12 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
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25

Where Maine 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

Maine· 47th of 51

$3,980

$1,288 physician + $2,692 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.