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Strengthening A Weakened Bone At The Shoulder

Missouri 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?

$5,554

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,554 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,288 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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$1,072 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$2,239 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $13,490Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $955 to $2,884
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $4,266professional $1,288

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
$1,698.24
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,230.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,698.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,570.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,071.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$275.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$13,182.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$47,863.01
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,041.74
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
$426.58
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$794.33

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 34th of 51

$5,554

$1,288 physician + $4,266 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.