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Strengthening A Weakened Bone At The Shoulder

Mississippi 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?

$4,933

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,933 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,622 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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$1,622$955 to $1,905
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$1,622 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $871 to $15,849Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $891 to $2,239
$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $1,622

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
$707.95
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,238.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11,220.18
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$11,220.18
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$13,489.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,778.28
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,398.83
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
$457.09
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 41st of 51

$4,933

$1,622 physician + $3,311 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.