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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 July 2026.

How much does Strengthening A Weakened Bone At The Shoulder cost?

$6,457

Typical facility fee. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,457 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,162 to $11,220.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $15,488
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,457

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$10,232.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$17,782.79
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$8,912.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,862.09
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,630.78
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$23,442.29
Typical High
$53,703.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$16,982.44
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$4,786.30

Where New York sits

The same service costs 30.2 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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.

New York· 16th of 50

$6,457

IN $30,200WV $1,000

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.