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Strengthening A Weakened Bone At The Shoulder

Oklahoma 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?

$8,318

Typical facility fee. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,318 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,698 to $13,804.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,318 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $19,055
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,318

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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$6,760.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$22,387.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,489.63
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$13,489.63
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$20,892.96

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 9th of 50

$8,318

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.