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Strengthening A Weakened Bone At The Shoulder

New York 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?

$7,457

Typical total for the visit. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,457 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,457 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,000$871 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,457$2,754 to $11,220

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $15,136Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $813 to $1,660
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,457professional $1,000

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
$1,819.70
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,071.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,380.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,041.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$851.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$218.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$190.55
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$8,912.51
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$14,454.40
Typical High
$29,512.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,290.87
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,630.78
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,737.80
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$23,442.29
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,454.71
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$4,265.80
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
15 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
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$741.31
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,122.02
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$302.00
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$144.54
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$977.24
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$794.33
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,047.13
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$537.03
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$257.04
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$933.25

Where New York 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

New York· 25th of 51

$7,457

$1,000 physician + $6,457 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.