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Strengthening A Weakened Bone At The Shoulder

Michigan 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?

$9,292

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,292 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,349 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,943 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$1,349$1,175 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,943$3,090 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $12,589Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $933 to $2,188
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,943professional $1,349

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
$1,318.26
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$13,803.84
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,949.84
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,011.87
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,479.11
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,380.38
13 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
$645.65
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 14th of 51

$9,292

$1,349 physician + $7,943 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.