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Strengthening A Weakened Bone At The Shoulder

Minnesota 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?

$5,325

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,325 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,089 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,089$1,514 to $2,884
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,820 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $14,454Professionalmedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $3,890
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $3,236professional $2,089

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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$48,977.88
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,168.69
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,073.80
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,715.35
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$25,703.96
Median
$47,863.01
Typical High
$85,113.80
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,370.32
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 36th of 51

$5,325

$2,089 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.