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Strengthening A Weakened Bone At The Shoulder

Nevada 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?

$7,237

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,237 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,166 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$1,072$891 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,166$2,570 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $11,482Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $776 to $1,660
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $6,166professional $1,072

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
$1,071.52
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,071.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$13,489.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,737.80
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,548.82
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$9,549.93
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$1,380.38
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,584.89
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
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$758.58

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 26th of 51

$7,237

$1,072 physician + $6,166 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.