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Strengthening A Weakened Bone At The Shoulder

North Dakota 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?

$5,186

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,186 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,950 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,950$1,660 to $2,188
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,000 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $5,495Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $2,512
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,236professional $1,950

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,995.26
2 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
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,801.89

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 38th of 51

$5,186

$1,950 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.